- 1. Hellenistic Judaism and Philo
- Hellenistic Jewish Attitude toward Greek Religion and Philosophy
- Phio on Polytheism, Mythology, and Mysteries
- Discordance, Conformity, Apostasy
- 2. Handmaid of Scripture
- Behind the Allegorical Method
- The Allegorical Method
- Origin of Scripture and Origin of Philosophy
- Faith and Reason
- Conclusion, Influence, Anticipation
- 3. Scriptural Presuppositions
- 4. God, the World of Ideas, and the Logos
- God and the Ideas
- Ideas
- Powers
- The Intelligible World and the Logos
- Relations between God, the Logos, and the Ideas
- Logos and Wisdom
- The Instrumentality of the Logos, Powers, and Wisdom
- The Fiction of Intermediaries
- Conclusion, Influence, Anticipation
- 5. Creation and the Structure of the World
- Criticism of Aristotle and the Stoics
- Plato’s Timaeus and the Book of Genesis
- Place, Time, Eternity
- Conclusion, Influence, Anticipation
- 6. The Immanent Logos, Laws of Nature, Miracles
- Immanent Logos
- Laws of Nature
- Miracles
- Conclusion, Influence, Anticipation
- 7. Souls, Angels, Immortality
- Living Beings
- Unbodied Souls or Angels
- Animals and the Irrational Soul of Man
- The Rational Soul of Man
- Immortality of the Soul
- Conclusion, Influence, Anticipation
- 8. Free Will
- Miracles and Freedom
- The Choice of Good and Evil
- Conclusion, Influence, Anticipation

Philo: Foundations of Religious Philosophy in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Volume 1: Structure and Growth of Philosophical Systems from Plato to Spinoza
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Publication Date: 01/01/1962