Citation with stable link: Philip A. Harland, 'Guide to Philo of Alexandria,' Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World, last modified August 13, 2024, https://philipharland.com/Blog/?p=18340.
This is a guide for reading ethnographic passages on this website from Philo of Alexandria (early first century CE):
- Amalekites as an arch-enemy people (link)
- Midianites and Moabites / Arabians (link)
- Egyptians and Judeans in conflict at Alexandria (link)
- Germans (link)
- Persian, Indian, and Judean (Essene) sages and freedom (link)
- Persian Magians (link)
- Babylonian Chaldeans and Abraham’s migration away from astrology (link)
- Ethiopians (link)
- Judean wisdom among the Therapeutists in Egypt (link)
- Judean wisdom and superiority as personified in Moses (link)