Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to Philo, a Jewish philosopher and writer, who flourished during the first half of the first century of our era.

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  • It's actually notable that leading scholars working in philonic studies or with Wisdom of Solomon have that view.

    HANDS Across the Godhead? James F. McGrath 2010

  • a study of the extension of the philonic tradition of meta - phorical exegesis into early Christian thought.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas FREDERICK FERR 1968

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