Timeline for Did Philo influence the contents of the New Testament?
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| Feb 4, 2023 at 15:27 | comment | added | Adam | Andries...how can you ask the question did Philo influence the Bible...the Old Testament is known to have existed long before achrist and the apostles. We know the Isaiah scroll is at least 300 years before Christ. It's difficult to make the claim "Influenced" when the OT points to the New. | |
| Jan 26, 2023 at 13:04 | comment | added | Andries | @Anne, my question lists 9 parallels between the Bible and Philo. It does not list parallels between early church fathers and Philo. Furthermore, right at the beginning of the question I said "IE claims that Philo influenced the Bible itself." So, I believe it should have been clear that what I want is an explanation of the similarities between the Bible and Philo. I did not change the question; I clarified it. | |
| Jan 26, 2023 at 12:29 | comment | added | Anne | @Andries. My source is detailed at the end of the quotes. It is a 641 page book. I have no idea if any or all of it is on-line. I work from printed books and articles as much as possible because on-line versions can be changed by the authors. With books, that requires a new edition. Some unscrupulous people don't say when or where they've changed their web-pages from earlier publications. I object to you having changed the Q. You need some evidence that Philo caused apostles to follow his views before writing and not that the NT influenced him first, before he became mired in Greek philosophy. | |
| Jan 26, 2023 at 6:02 | comment | added | Andries | Anne, hope you do not mind, I change the title of the question and added the last paragraph to clarify that my main question and concern is about the Bible; not about the Apologists. | |
| Jan 26, 2023 at 5:44 | comment | added | Andries | Anne, thanks for your answer. What is your source? Do you have an internet link? What you stated is fairly consistent with what I already know. I know that the pre-Nicene Fathers attempted to reconcile the NT with Greek philosophy, just like Philo attempted to reconcile the OT with Greek philosophy. But that is not my worry. My main question is: Did Philo influence the formulation of the Bible? That you did not get to. I think I need to clarify my question. | |
| Jan 26, 2023 at 3:36 | comment | added | Nigel J | Up-Voted +1. The statements of opinion in the so-called 'question' are not scriptural (or hermeneutic) arguments. | |
| Jan 25, 2023 at 16:18 | history | answered | Anne | CC BY-SA 4.0 |