Philo - Foundations of Religious Philosophy in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam V 1 - Fourth Printing, revised 1962. Structure and Growth »

Harry Austryn Wolfson was Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy, Emeritus, Harvard University.

VOLUME I

CHAPTER I: HELLENISTIC JUDAISM AND PHILO


Hellenistic Jewish Attitude toward Greek Religion and Philosophy


Phio on Polytheism, Mythology, and Mysteries


Discordance, Conformity, Apostasy

CHAPTER II: HANDMAID OF SCRIPTURE


Behind the Allegorical Method


The Allegorical Method


Origin of Scripture and Origin of Philosophy


Faith and Reason


Conclusion, Influence, Anticipation

CHAPTER III: SCRIPTURAL PRESUPPOSITIONS

CHAPTER IV: 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

CHAPTER V: CREATION AND STRUCTURE OF THE WORLD


Criticism of Aristotle and the Stoics

Plato's Timaeus and the Book of Genesis

Place, Time, Eternity

Conclusion, Influence, Anticipation

CHAPTER VI: THE IMMANENT Locos, LAWS OF NATURE, MIRACLES


Immanent Logos


Laws of Nature


Miracles


Conclusion, Influence, Anticipation

CHAPTER VII: SOULS, ANGELS, IMMORTALITY


Living Beings


Unbodied Souls or Angels


Animals and the Irrational Soul of Man


The Rational Soul ofMan


Immortality of the Soul


Conclusion, Influence, Anticipation

CHAPTER VIII: FREE WILL


Miracles and Freedom


The Choice of Good and Evil


Conclusion, Influence, Anticipation