Philo: Rosh Hashanna and Stoic Natural Law
Philo: Rosh Hashanna and Stoic Natural Law By James Scott Trimm The Feast of Rosh HaShanna is known in the Torah as the Feast of Trumpets: 23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. 25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. (Lev. 23:23-24 KJV) 1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. (Num. 29:1 KJV) The First Century Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria wrote of this Feast saying that the symbolism of this feast has two important messages to teach us, one for the Assembly of Israel and one for the nations of the world: XXXI. (188) Immediately after comes the festival of the sacred moon; in whic