The Greak-speaking Jewish philosopher had more in common with the rabbis than scholars have assumed.

Philo’s desire for balance.

“A fetus might not be a person in Jewish law, but it is a potential person, and must therefore be protected.”

Unambiguously and unashamedly Jewish.

While putting divine law in human hands.

Authority without absolutism.

Divine because of Who gave it, or divine because of what it is?

“Like Ben Hur, but bigger and better.”

Divine law vs. natural law.