Philo: Questions on Exodus

✍ Scribed by Ralph Marcus (trans.)

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Year: 1953
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 316
• Series: Loeb Classical Library 401
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The philosopher Philo was born about 20 BCE to a prominent Jewish family in Alexandria, the chief home of the Jewish Diaspora as well as the chief center of Hellenistic culture; he was trained in Greek as well as Jewish learning. In attempting to reconcile biblical teachings with Greek philosophy he developed ideas that had wide influence on Christian and Jewish religious thought. The Loeb Classical Library edition of the works of Philo is in ten volumes and two supplements, distributed as follows. Volume I: Creation; Interpretation of Genesis II and III. II: On the Cherubim; The Sacrifices of Abel and Cain; The Worse Attacks the Better; The Posterity and Exile of Cain; On the Giants. III: The Unchangeableness of God; On Husbandry; Noah's Work as a Planter; On Drunkenness; On Sobriety. IV: The Confusion of Tongues; The Migration of Abraham; The Heir of Divine Things; On the Preliminary Studies. V: On Flight and Finding; Change of Names; On Dreams. VI: Abraham; Joseph; Moses. VII: The Decalogue; On Special Laws Books I–III. VIII: On Special Laws Book IV; On the Virtues; Rewards and Punishments. IX: Every Good Man Is Free; The Contemplative Life; The Eternity of the World; Against Flaccus; Apology for the Jews; On Providence. X: On the Embassy to Gaius; indexes. Supplement I: Questions on Genesis. II: Questions on Exodus; index to supplements.

✦ Table of Contents

Philo: Questions on Exodus / Ralph Marcus (trans.)......Page 1
Contents of Supplement II......Page 6
List of Philo's Works......Page 8
Questions and Answers on Exodus......Page 10
Book I......Page 11
Book II......Page 44
Appendix A: Greek Fragments of the Quaestiones......Page 186
Genesis, Book I......Page 190
Genesis, Book II......Page 203
Genesis, Book III......Page 216
Genesis, Book IV......Page 223
Unidentified Fragments from Quaestiones in Genesin......Page 243
Exodus, Book I......Page 247
Exodus, Book II......Page 249
Unidentified Fragments from Quaestiones in Exodum......Page 267
Appendix B: The Old Latin Version of Quastiones in Genesin IV. 154-245......Page 274
Index......Page 286