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Philo was born in the 1st century in Byblos in what is now Lebanon. "He lived into the reign of Hadrian, of which he wrote a history, now lost." [1] His name "Herennius" suggests that he was a client of the consul suffectus Herennius Severus through whom Philo may have achieved the status of a Roman citizen.
Philo emphasizes the reliability of Sanchuniathon's historical account of the Jews by explaining that latter got his information from Hierombalus, who was a priest of the god Ieuo (Yahweh) and that Hierombalus dedicated his work to Abibalus, the king of Berytus, and was endorsed by the king's scholars.
Sanchuniathon (/ ˌ s æ ŋ k j ʊ ˈ n aɪ ə θ ɒ n /; Ancient Greek: Σαγχουνιάθων or Σαγχωνιάθων Sankho(u)niáthōn; probably from Phoenician: 𐤎𐤊𐤍𐤉𐤕𐤍, romanized: *Saḵūnyatān, "Sakkun has given"), [1] variant 𐤔𐤊𐤍𐤉𐤕𐤍 šknytn [2] also known as Sanchoniatho the Berytian, [3] was a Phoenician author.
Taautus of Byblos, according to the Phoenician writer Sanchuniathon, was the son of Misor and the inventor of writing, who was bequeathed the land of Egypt by Cronus. Sanchuniathon's writings, through the translation of Philo, were transmitted to us by Eusebius in his work Praeparatio evangelica. Eusebius says that Philo placed Sanchuniathon's ...
The Passionist Fathers Monastery is a historic monastery at 5700 N. Harlem Avenue in the Norwood Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.The monastery was built in 1910 for the Passionists, an order of Roman Catholic monks which believed in austere living and hosting spiritual retreats.
The entrances to the Bronze Age necropolis of Byblos is located just outside the southern gate of the ancient acropolis. This area revealed a series of rock-cut tombs extending beneath the walls of the sacred precinct , towards the large temple complexes.
Herennius Philo, also known as Philo of Byblos (c. 64–141), scholar; Lucius Herennius Saturninus, suffect consul in AD 100; Publius Herennius Dexippus (c. 210–273), the Greek historian most often known as Dexippus; Herennius (fl. c. 240), a Neoplatonic philosopher; see Ammonius Saccas; Herennius Modestinus (fl. c. 250), Roman jurist
By birth he was a slave, but having become the disciple of Philo of Byblos, he was recommended by him to Herennius Severus, and attained to great eminence by his eloquence and learning. [2] He wrote many works, among which were an account of dreams in five books, [ 3 ] and a book Περὶ Ἑβδομάδος. [ 4 ]