ABSTRACT
The purpose of this chapter is to illustrate not only Philo’s indebtedness to Greek masters but the originality of his thought on religious epistemology, the nature of God and the purpose of creation. The concluding section will show that, while he exerts a strong influence on his Christian readers, they retain their distinctive premises in their appropriation of him, just as he retains his Jewish character in his adaptation of Plato and the Stoics.
