Philo Judaeus De Opificio Mundi
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Philo Judaeus

De Opificio Mundi

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Philo's commentary on the creation of the world as described in Genesis. He reads the creation narrative through Platonic philosophy, arguing that God first created an intelligible world of ideas, then used it as a model for the visible cosmos.

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