Philo

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Against Flaccus
Allegorical Interpretation of Genesis
Concerning Noah's Work as a Planter
Allegorical commentary to Genesis that discusses God’s "planting" of the world and whether drunkenness is wise.
Every Good Man is Free
Philo's discussion of the relationship between wisdom and freedom, according to Stoicism and the Bible.
Hypothetica
On Abraham
On Dreams
On Drunkenness
On Flight and Finding
On Husbandry
On Joseph
On Mating with the Preliminary Studies
On Providence
On Rewards and Punishments
On the Account of the World's Creation
On the Birth of Abel and the Sacrifices Offered by him and by his Brother Cain
On the Change of Names
On the Cherubim
On the Confusion of Tongues
On the Contemplative Life or Suppliants
On the Decalogue
On the Eternity of the World
On the Giants
On the Life of Moses
On the Migration of Abraham
On the Posterity of Cain and his Exile
On the Prayers and Curses Uttered by Noah when he Became Sober
On the Special Laws
On the Unchangeableness of God
On the Virtues
That the Worse is wont to Attack the Better
The Midrash of Philo
Oldest recorded allegorical biblical commentary with 20th-century explanations.
Who is the Heir of Divine Things

About Philo

Philo was a first-century Jewish philosopher from Alexandria, Egypt, whose works often attempt to reconcile biblical interpretation with Greek philosophy. Though much overlap exists between Philo’s writing and the rabbinic literature developed at the same time (Mishnah, Midrash, and Tosefta), rabbinic literature does not mention Philo. Later rabbinic scholars, most notably the 16th-century Azaria de Rossi, theorized that perhaps Philo’s lack of mastery of Hebrew (instead relying on a Greek translation of the Torah, the Septuagint) and unorthodox methods of biblical interpretation led earlier rabbinic works to shy away from referencing him.

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