Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Philo Ends Up with a Trinity?
Today, I read my friend’s notes on Hellenistic Jewish Interpretation. He says that, according to Philo, God created the kurios (lord) on the seventh day, and that the logos was in between them. The kurios orders everything once it is made. I thought that Philo believed the logos did that, but there may be more nuance in Philo’s position than I am seeing. So Philo has God, a logos, and a kurios. Sounds like a trinity—although Philo holds that the kurios was a created being.
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