In this episode, Christopher Enoch finishes Book 3 and begins Book 4 of Philo of Alexandria's writings on Creation. Discover the profound allegorical, psychological, and philosophical maps hidden within the Genesis creation story, Moses' miracles, and the dietary laws of Leviticus.

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

0:15 Chapter 24: Jacob's Prophecy of Dan

6:10 Chapter 25: The Four-Legged Passions

10:02 Commentary: Stoic Philosophy in the Bible

13:31 Chapter 26: The Driver and the Passenger

19:28 Commentary: The Kosher "Serpent Fighter" Bug

21:16 Book 4 Chapter 1: Hiding from the Face of God

24:26 Chapter 2: The Impossibility of Hiding from Omnipresence

28:38 Chapter 3: The Darkness of the Wicked Mind

32:41 Chapter 4: Moses Fleeing Pharaoh's Passions

41:02 Chapter 5: Jacob Concealing His Flight from Laban

44:43 Chapter 6: Laban the Syrian (The High Passion)

48:58 Commentary: Deceitful Meats & Proverbs 23

52:46 Chapter 7: Emancipating the Intellect from Sensation

58:39 Chapter 8: The Turpentine Tree vs. Oak Tree Variation

1:09:50 Chapter 9: Escaping God vs. Fleeing to Self

1:12:14 Chapter 10: The Spiritual Thief & Arrogance

1:16:17 Chapter 11 & 12: Destroying the Passions Forever