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Clement of Alexandria cites Philo by name four times in his surviving works. On two of these occasions, Philo is called “the Pythagorean.” This chapter examines Clement’s usage of the terms Jew, Hebrew, Israel, and his descriptions of Pythagoras and Pythagorean philosophy and then offers an analysis of the four explicit citations of Philo in relation to Clement’s comments about Jewishness and Pythagoreanism. By depicting Philo as expert in Jewish history and as a successor to Pythagoras, Clement presents him and his exegetical methods as embodying the best of Hebrew and Greek wisdom. At the same time he associates Philo “the Pythagorean” with a tradition that falls short of fully comprehending the divine logos made manifest in Jesus. |
