The Works of Philo. Complete and Unabridged. New updated version

Cover......Page 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 2
PUBLISHER’S PREFACE......Page 3
FOREWORD: AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILO JUDAEUS OFALEXANDRIA by David M. Scholer......Page 5
PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION......Page 14
ON THE CREATION......Page 17
ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION, I......Page 47
ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION, II......Page 62
ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION, III......Page 77
THE CHERUBIM......Page 117
OF CAIN AND HIS BIRTH......Page 123
ON THE BIRTH OF ABEL AND THE SACRIFICES OFFERED BY HIM AND BY HIS BROTHER CAIN......Page 136
THAT THE WORSE IS WONT TO ATTACK THE BETTER......Page 159
ON THE POSTERITY OF CAIN AND HIS EXILE......Page 184
ON THE GIANTS......Page 210
ON THE UNCHANGABLENESS OF GOD......Page 218
ON HUSBANDRY......Page 238
CONCERNING NOAH’S WORK AS A PLANTER......Page 260
ON DRUNKENNESS......Page 281
ON THE PRAYERS AND CURSES UTTERED BY NOAH WHEN HE BECAME SOBER......Page 308
ON THE CONFUSION OF TONGUES......Page 317
ON THE MIGRATION OF ABRAHAM......Page 341
WHO IS THE HEIR OF DIVINE THINGS......Page 369
ON MATING WITH THE PRELIMINARY STUDIES......Page 406
ON FLIGHT AND FINDING......Page 427
ON THE CHANGE OF NAMES......Page 452
ON DREAMS, THAT THEY ARE GOD-SENT - BOOK 1......Page 483
BOOK 2......Page 513
ON ABRAHAM......Page 543
ON JOSEPH......Page 575
ON THE LIFE OF MOSES, I......Page 606
ON THE LIFE OF MOSES, II......Page 648
THE DECALOGUE......Page 683
THE SPECIAL LAWS, I......Page 704
THE SPECIAL LAWS, II......Page 747
THE FIRST FESTIVAL......Page 753
THE SECOND FESTIVAL......Page 755
THE THIRD FESTIVAL......Page 765
THE FIFTH FESTIVAL......Page 766
THE SIXTH FESTIVAL......Page 767
THE SEVENTH FESTIVAL......Page 770
THE EIGHTH FESTIVAL......Page 771
THE NINTH FESTIVAL......Page 772
THE TENTH FESTIVAL......Page 773
THE SPECIAL LAWS, III......Page 781
THE LAW CONCERNING MURDERERS......Page 792
CONCERNING THOSE BRUTE BEASTS WHICH ARE THE CAUSES OF A MAN’s DEATH......Page 800
CONCERNING PITS......Page 801
ABOUT WOMEN NOT BEHAVING IMMODESTLY......Page 803
CONCERNING HOUSEBREAKERS......Page 810
CONCERNING KIDNAPPERS......Page 811
CONCERNING NOT SETTING FIRE TO BRAMBLES INCONSIDERATELY......Page 813
CONCERNING DEPOSITS......Page 814
THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS(5) {Exodus 20:16.}......Page 815
ON THE OFFICE AND CHARACTER OF A JUDGE......Page 817
ON COVETING......Page 820
CONCERNING ANIMALS......Page 823
WHAT BEASTS ARE NOT CLEAN......Page 824
ABOUT REPTILES(23) {Leviticus 11:20.}......Page 825
CONCERNING CARCASSES AND BODIES WHICH HAVE BEEN TORN BY WILD BEASTS......Page 826
CONCERNING THE SOUL OR LIFE OF MAN......Page 827
THAT IT IS NOT LAWFUL TO ADD ANYTHING TO OR TO TAKE ANYTHING FROM THE LAW......Page 829
ABOUT NOT MOVING LANDMARKS......Page 830
ON COURAGE......Page 842
ON HUMANITY......Page 848
ON REPENTANCE......Page 865
ON NOBILITY......Page 867
ON REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS......Page 872
EVERY GOOD MAN IS FREE......Page 896
CALANUS TO ALEXANDER, GREETING......Page 908
ON THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE OR SUPPLIANTS......Page 917
ON THE ETERNITY OF THE WORLD......Page 929
FLACCUS......Page 952
APOLOGY FOR THE JEWS......Page 975
ON PROVIDENCE (Fragment I)......Page 981
ON PROVIDENCE (Fragment II)......Page 982
ON THE EMBASSY TO GAIUS......Page 994
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON GENESIS, I......Page 1039
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON GENESIS, II......Page 1067
ABOUT THE CULTIVATION OF THE EARTH......Page 1096
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON GENESIS, III......Page 1102
A TREATISE CONCERNING THE WORLD......Page 1132
FRAGMENTS......Page 1148
EXTRACTED FROM THE PARALLELS OF JOHN OF DAMASCUS......Page 1149
FRAGMENTS FROM A MONKISH MANUSCRIPT......Page 1161
FRAGMENTS PRESERVED BY ANTONIUS......Page 1171
EXTRACTS FROM PHILO......Page 1175