{"id":18340,"date":"2024-08-13T20:41:46","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T00:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/?p=18340"},"modified":"2024-08-13T20:42:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T00:42:00","slug":"guide-to-philo-of-alexandria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2024\/08\/guide-to-philo-of-alexandria\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Philo of Alexandria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a guide for reading ethnographic passages on this website from Philo of Alexandria (early first century CE):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amalekites as an arch-enemy people (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2023\/05\/amalekites-josephos-and-philo-on-a-prototypical-arch-enemy-people-first-century-ce\/\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Midianites and Moabites \/ Arabians (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2023\/06\/midianites-and-moabites-josephos-on-intermixing-and-the-dangers-of-acculturation-first-century-ce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Egyptians and Judeans in conflict at Alexandria (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2022\/10\/judeans-greeks-and-egyptians-philo-on-conflicts-at-alexandria-and-on-rebellious-egyptians-mid-first-century-ce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Germans (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2022\/06\/germans-philo-of-alexandria-first-century-ce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Persian, Indian, and Judean (Essene) sages and freedom (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2022\/07\/judean-jewish-and-indian-wisdom-philo-on-the-freedom-of-essenes-and-kalanos-early-first-century-ce\/\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Persian Magians (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2024\/03\/persians-philo-on-true-magian-skill-and-its-criminal-counterfeit-early-first-century-ce\/\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Babylonian Chaldeans and Abraham&#8217;s migration away from astrology (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2024\/03\/babylonian-wisdom-philo-on-abrahams-migration-away-from-chaldean-astrology-early-first-century-ce\/\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Ethiopians (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2024\/08\/ethiopians-philo-on-the-supposed-lowness-of-ethiopians-and-self-control-of-assyrians-early-first-century-ce\/\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Judean wisdom among the Therapeutists in Egypt (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2022\/07\/judean-jewish-wisdom-philo-on-the-therapeutists-life-of-contemplation-first-century-ce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Judean wisdom and superiority as personified in Moses (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2022\/07\/judean-perspectives-philo-on-the-superiority-of-moses-and-judean-ancestral-customs-first-century-ce\/\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 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