Note 1552 — Chapter XIV · PHILO JUDAEUS
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The literature dealing in general with Philo and his philosophy is too extensive to indicate here, while there has been no study primarily devoted to our interest in him. It may be useful to note, however, the most recent editions of his works and studies concerning him, from which the reader can learn of earlier researches. See also Leopold Cohn, The Latest Researches on Philo of Alexandria (Reprinted from The Jewish Quarterly Review), London, 1892. The most recent edition of the Greek text of Philo’s works is by L. Cohn and P. Wendland, Philonis Alexandrini opera quae supersunt, Berlin, 1896-1915, in six vols. The earlier edition was by Mangey. Recent editions of single works are: F. C. Conybeare, Philo about the Contemplative Life, critically edited with a defence of its genuineness, 1895. E. Bréhier, Commentaire allégorique des Saintes Lois après l’œuvre des six jours, Greek and French, 1909. In the passages from Philo quoted in this chapter I have often availed myself of the wording of the English translation by C. D. Yonge in four vols., 1854-1855. The Latin translation of Philo’s works made from the Greek by Lilius Tifernates for Popes Sixtus IV and Innocent VIII is preserved at the Vatican in a series of six MSS written during the years 1479-1484: Vatic. Lat., 180-185.
J. d’Alma, Philon d’Alexandrie et le quatrième Évangile, 1910.
N. Bentwich, Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria, 1910 (a small general book).
T. H. Billings, The Platonism of Philo Judaeus, 1919.
W. Bousset, Jüdisch-Christlicher Schulbetrieb in Alexandria und Rom, 1915.
E. Bréhier, Les Idées philosophiques et religieuses de Philon d’Alexandrie, 1908, a scholarly work with a ten-page bibliography.
M. Caraccio, Filone d’Alessandria e le sue opere, 1911, a brief indication of the contents of each work.
K. S. Guthrie, The Message of Philo Judaeus, 1910, popular.
H. Guyot, Les Réminiscences de Philon le Juif chez Plotin, 1906.
P. Heinsch, Der Einfluss Philos auf die älteste christliche Exegese, 1908, 296 pp.
H. A. A. Kennedy, Philo’s contribution to Religion, 1919.
J. Martin, Philon, 1907, with a five-page bibliography.
L. H. Mills, Zarathustra, Philo, the Achaemenids and Israel, 1905, 460 pp.
L. Treitel, Philonische Studien, 1915, is of limited scope.
H. Windisch, Die Frömmigkeit Philos und ihre Bedeutung für das Christentum, 1909.