A keen student of theology, August Friedrich Gfroerer (1803-61) became professor of history at the University of Freiburg and also sat as a representative in the Frankfurt parliament, agitating for the reunification of Protestantism and Catholicism. His academic work marked the modern period in the Christian study of Judaism, making full use of primary sources without pursuing an obvious apologetic or polemical agenda. This two-volume work, published in 1831, is a critical study of early Christianity and the influence that Judaism had on the New Testament. Volume 1 provides a thorough exposition of Philo of Alexandria's philosophy and theology in addition to a biographical sketch. Volume 2 is devoted to substantiating the thesis that the core principles of Philo's theology were already discernible among the Alexandrian Jews.
- ISBN13 9781108053631
- Publish Date 13 December 2012
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Cambridge University Press
- Pages 1000
- Language German