On Paul, Plato, Philo, and the Talmud

PHILOLOGOS (at Mosaic Magazine) has two essays about the possible influence of Plato, via Philo of Alexandria, on Paul of Tarsus and perhaps even on the Talmud. He promises a third essay as well. He opens with a reader's question about a passage in the Babylonian Talmud that could be taken to allude to a phrase used by Paul.

Were the Rabbis Riffing on Corinthians? Why is a phrase from a tractate in the Talmud so similar to one in Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians?

How Much Plato Did Paul or the Rabbis Know? A reader’s question prompts Philologos to turn up a crucial link between the three.

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