Philo of Alexandria, a Greek-Speaking Jew Who Lived From About 20 BCE to 50 CE

Philosopher Philo of Alexandria was a Greek-speaking Jew who lived from about 20 BCE to 50 CE. He took his relativism one step further, stepping nearly into the territory of sophism as he proclaims quote: "Since we are found to be influenced in different matters by the same things at different times, we should have nothing positive to assert" The authors of the Gospels wanted everyone in the world to believe what they believed. For Philo, the possibility of such a thing happening would have seemed outrageous.