This 260-page eBook is in PDF format. It was written by Julius Philo of Alexandria almost 2,000 years ago. Julius Philo was a Jewish scholar. He was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt. Julius Philo used philosophical allegory to harmonize Jewish scripture, mainly the Torah, with Greek philosophy.
Philo was on a quest to create a Universal Religion for all Jews and Egyptians. In 16 A.D., Philo met Jesus in the Great Temple of Jerusalem. Philo was 36 when he met 12-year-old Jesus talking to the elders in the Temple. Soon, Mary and Joseph return to find their missing son. Philo makes an incredible offer to the Holy Family; leave Palestine and come live with me in Alexandria, a city of 200,000 Jews. The Holy Family accepts this offer and soon they arrive by Caravan in Alexandria. Philo enrolls Jesus in the prestigious Alexandria school. Philo describes the school as a collective designation for certain tendencies in literature, philosophy, medicine, and the sciences. He tells Mary that Jesus will be educated in the Hellenistic culture of Alexandria and the culture of Ancient Rome. Furthermore, Jesus must learn how to speak Greek while receiving an education of the Ancient Egyptians and the ‘religion’ of Egyptian Pharaoh Osiris and Pharaoh Akhenaten. They will also study the traditions of Judaism, in the study of Jewish traditional literature and Greek philosophy.
After 14 years of studying with Philo, Jesus receives notice that his father has died. Within a few days Mary and Joseph departed to Nazareth. Jesus asks Philo to find him in Nazareth in 60 days; Jesus may need Philo’s council. Philo sails to the Island of Capri to present a petition to Roman Emperor Tiberius. Philo asks Tiberius to halt the persecution of Jews living in Alexandria. Tiberius sends Philo to Jerusalem to ask Pontius Pilate to sign a non-persecution document. About three years later, Philo is present with Jesus on the cross. Jesus speaks to Philo in Greek, and Jesus lowers his head and dies. At the same time a Roman Centurion takes Philo to the Great Temple in Jerusalem. Here, the Centurion orders Philo to burn his story about The Life and Times of Jesus. Philo had anticipated this action and placed his eight manuscripts in a jar marked property of the High Priest Simon son of Boethus. The eight manuscripts burned were fake. Now, Pontius Pilate signs the agreement and sends Philo back to Tiberius on the Island of Capri.