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  • <opinion>Arrogant – Philo.</opinion>
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  • ...ce">On the Life of Moses I:XIX</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="ShemotRabbah10-6" data-aht="source">Sh <li><b>Purpose of the Plagues</b> – Philo asserts that Hashem preferred "to admonish the Egyptians [rather] than to d
    14 KB (2,028 words) - 03:38, 24 December 2019
  • ...h.<fn>The omer celebration is the fifth. In his elaboration on this list, Philo reverses the order of the fifth and sixth festivals, placing Chag HaMatzot
    10 KB (1,624 words) - 21:09, 30 July 2015
  • ...Life of Moses I, XVII (96-97)</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>.</fn> and the earliest record of the phrase "עֶשֶׂר �
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  • ...On the Life of Moses I:IV (17)</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="Josephus2-9" data-aht="source">Josephu
    7 KB (1,095 words) - 03:29, 24 December 2019
  • ...Life of Moses I XXIII:130-132</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, .../fn> and the verse is just implying that the "עָרֹב" stung the Egyptians. Philo, though, speaks of dog-flies who leech "blood and flesh."</li>
    19 KB (2,760 words) - 12:50, 28 January 2023
  • ...e</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>,<fn>As Philo paraphrases the various utterances in his own language it is difficult to k <point><b>Depiction on tablets</b> – Philo and Josephus assert that there were five utterances written on each tablet.
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  • ...ce">The Special Laws 3:108-109</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink></mekorot> <li><b>Intended target</b> – Philo, in contrast, assumes that the assailant attacked the pregnant woman intent
    26 KB (3,868 words) - 03:21, 24 December 2019
  • ...relationship with Hashem, but with nature, animals, or other humans. Thus, Philo claims that the common denominator between the various laws is that they se ...">The Special Laws IV: 208-217</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink> #1, <multilink><a href="RashbamVayikra19-19" data-aht="sour
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  • ...latrous behavior which was more obviously deserving of capital punishment. Philo and Josephus present Pinechas as initiating the purging of the Peor worship ...rce">On the Life of Moses I:LV</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="Josephus4-6" data-aht="source">Josephu
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  • ...t="source">On the Giants 65-66</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="JosephusAntiquitiesoftheJews1-4-2-3" d ...ciating Nimrod with his father, Kush, or Ethiopia. In his work, On Giants, Philo alternatively posits that the name means "deserter" and refers to one who h
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  • ...="source">32:1-4</a><a href="Pseudo-Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Pseudo-Philo</a></multilink>, and <multilink><a href="BavliSanhedrin89b" data-aht="sourc
    12 KB (1,724 words) - 12:33, 24 July 2019
  • ...going back to the time of the second Beit HaMikdash, such as Jubilees and Philo, render the verse literally, later Rabbinic sources almost unanimously reje ...S. Belkin, Philo and the Oral Law (Mass., 1940): 97-103 who maintains that Philo's position on this matter is debatable.</fn> Boethusians cited in <multilin
    29 KB (4,264 words) - 02:47, 31 July 2023
  • ...<a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>,<fn>This is Philo's understanding in his work, "On the Confusion of Tongues".&#160; In "On Dr <li><b>Creation </b>– Philo, Ibn Ezra, Abarbanel and Sforno, in contrast, suggest that the angels playe
    25 KB (3,738 words) - 12:25, 28 January 2023
  • ...source">Philo, On Joseph XXXIX</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, ...they treated him and whether they had changed their ways.<fn>According to Philo, since Binyamin was also a son of the beloved Rachel, Yosef was fearful tha
    25 KB (3,879 words) - 12:50, 28 January 2023
  • ...rce">On the Life of Moses I:LV</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="Josephus4-6" data-aht="source">Josephu
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  • ...Life of Moses I, XVII (96-97)</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <point><b>Purpose of the miracles</b> – Jubilees and Philo view the Plagues as retributive and punitive in character. Alternatively, t
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  • ...eathen can wed an Israelite. For both Hellenistic Jewish commentators like Philo and modern Italian commentators such as the Hoil Moshe, the moral issue pre ...source">On the Virtues 110-115</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>,
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  • ...erd of God"),<fn>Cf. the etymologies given for both names in the Mekhilta. Philo links רעואל to a shepherd (רועה), while the Mekhilta connects it t ...ave two different connotations – This requires further development.<fn>Cf. Philo's attempt cited above.</fn></li>
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  • ...Answers on Genesis, III:25-26</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>,&#160;<multilink><a href="JosephusAntiquitiesoftheJews1-10- <li><b>Affliction</b> – Philo maintains the simple meaning of the word, understanding that Sarah oppresse
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