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Philo of Alexandria, a Jewish philosopher living in Egypt in the mid to late first century B.C., wrote biblical commentaries that sought to interpret the meaning of the Jewish religion when regular worship at the Temple was impossible. In so doing, he profoundly reinterpreted both the life of study and the life of worship. One of the distinctive elements of Philo's theology was his meditation on how the worship rituals and liturgical calendar of the ancient Jewish temple were imbued with cosmic and moral meaning. In studying Philo, then, we appreciate a key theological root of the Church Fathers' spiritual exegesis of the Old Testament, and are invited to see the unity of the life of study and worship.
Instructor:
Kyle Washut grew up in Casper, Wyoming. After working in nuclear missile silos and coal mines, he received an AA in Political Science and in Spanish from Casper College in 2003. He graduated from Thomas Aquinas College in 2007 with a B.A. in Liberal Arts, and returned to Wyoming as Wyoming Catholic College’s inaugural Assistant Dean for Student Life. In Fall of 2009, he went on to pursue a graduate degree in Sacred Theology from Austria’s International Theological Institute (ITI). Since then, Washut has taught across Wyoming Catholic College’s curriculum, including theology, philosophy, Trivium, and Humanities courses. After serving as Academic Dean for several years, he was named President in August 2023.
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Philo of Alexandria, a Jewish philosopher living in Egypt in the mid to late first century B.C., wrote biblical commentaries that sought to interpret the meaning of the Jewish religion when regular worship at the Temple was impossible. In so doing, he profoundly reinterpreted both the life of study and the life of worship. One of the distinctive elements of Philo's theology was his meditation on how the worship rituals and liturgical calendar of the ancient Jewish temple were imbued with cosmic and moral meaning. In studying Philo, then, we appreciate a key theological root of the Church Fathers' spiritual exegesis of the Old Testament, and are invited to see the unity of the life of study and worship.
Instructor:
Kyle Washut grew up in Casper, Wyoming. After working in nuclear missile silos and coal mines, he received an AA in Political Science and in Spanish from Casper College in 2003. He graduated from Thomas Aquinas College in 2007 with a B.A. in Liberal Arts, and returned to Wyoming as Wyoming Catholic College’s inaugural Assistant Dean for Student Life. In Fall of 2009, he went on to pursue a graduate degree in Sacred Theology from Austria’s International Theological Institute (ITI). Since then, Washut has taught across Wyoming Catholic College’s curriculum, including theology, philosophy, Trivium, and Humanities courses. After serving as Academic Dean for several years, he was named President in August 2023.
Want to dive deeper? Visit our website for hundreds of hours of free audio and video content: instituteofcatholicculture.org
