Works of Philo Judaeus, Volume 1
Author: last_name: Philo of Alexandria
Language: English
Year: 1854

The author of the following treatises was, as the title by which he is generally known imports, of Jewish extraction, and a descendant of the sacerdotal tribe of Levi. He is spoken of by Josephus as one of the most eminent of his contemporary countrymen, and as the principal of the embassy which was sent to Caligula to solicit him to recall the command which he had issued for the erection of his statue in the temple at Jerusalem. The date of his birth and that of his death are alike uncertain; h