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The De opificio mundi (On the Creation of the Cosmos) is a treatise on the Genesis creation narrative, composed by the Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria some time between 30 and 40 AD. [1] It belongs to the Hexaemeral genre of literature, and is the first surviving example of it, though earlier, albeit lost Hexaemeral works, also existed.
Philo of Alexandria (/ ˈ f aɪ l oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Φίλων, romanized: Phílōn; Hebrew: יְדִידְיָה, romanized: Yəḏīḏyāh; c. 20 BCE – c. 50 CE), also called Philō Judæus, [a] was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt.
The name John chose for his work was the same name as the earlier De opificio mundi written by the Jewish philosopher and also advocate of the Alexandrian school of exegesis, Philo of Alexandria. Philo had criticized those searching for scientific information in the scriptures as 'sophists of literalism'.
Antiochean convert to Christianity who studied in Alexandria Agapius: 5th/6th century AD Neoplatonic: studied under Marinus of Neapolis. known for his learning Agathobulus: 1st/2nd century AD Cynic: known for his severe asceticism and teacher of Demonax: Agathosthenes: uncertain date geographer, historian or philosopher
In Alexandria, however, there were new forces in operation, which produced a second great outburst of intellectual life. The new movement, which was influenced by Judaism and Christianity , resulted in the speculative philosophy of the Neoplatonists and the religious philosophy of the Gnostics and early church fathers.
Philo (c. 20 BC – 50 AD). Believed in the allegorical method of reading texts. Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC – 65 AD). Stoic. Jesus of Nazareth (c. 1 – 30 or 33 AD) the founding figure of Christianity. Hero of Alexandria (c. 10 – c. 70). Engineer. Plutarch (c. 46 – 119). Epictetus (c. 55 – 135). Stoic. Emphasized ethics of self ...
Philo of Alexandria – Theology, Philosophy; Pindar – Lyrical Poetry; Plato – Philosophy; Plutarch – History, Biography, Philosophy; Posidippus (comic poet) – Comedy; Protagoras – Philosophy; Sappho of Lesbos – Lyric Poetry; Simonides – Lyric Poetry; Solon – Politics, Philosophy; Sophocles – Tragedy; Stesichorus – Lyric ...
The Patrologia Graeca is an edited collection of writings by the Church Fathers and various secular writers, in the Greek language.It consists of 161 volumes produced in 1857–1866 by J. P. Migne's Imprimerie Catholique, Paris.