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3.2 Wider epistemological principles in the 'Exposition' -- 3.2.1 Divine incomprehensibility -- 3.2.2 Divine beneficence -- 3.2.3 Divine mediation -- 3.2.4 Primacy of the Pentateuch of Moses -- 3.3 The Human Mind in the 'Creation' Segment -- 3.3.1 Plato's Model of the Human Mind -- 3.3.2 Aristotelian Perspectives on the Platonic Views of the Mind -- 3.3.3 Stoic Perspectives on Platonic Views of the Mind -- 3.3.4 Philo's Engagement with non-Jewish Perspectives -- 3.3.5 The Origin and Nature of the Mind in the Exposition -- 3.3.6 The Potential of the Human Mind in its Ascent to Know God -- 3.3.7 Limitations of the Human Mind -- 3.4 The Human Mind in the 'Patriarchs' Segment -- 3.4.1 The Origin and Nature of the Human Mind -- 3.4.2 The Potential of the Mind in its Ascent to Know God -- 3.4.3 The Limitations of the Mind in the 'Patriarchs' Segment -- 3.4.4 Summary and Preview -- 3.5 The Human Mind in the 'Moses' or 'Laws' Segment -- 3.5.1 The Unwritten Law of Nature -- 3.5.2 The 'Written' Laws of Moses -- 3.5.3 Unwritten Law(s) and the Written Laws -- 3.5.4 The Nature of the Mind in this Segment of the Exposition -- 3.5.5 The Potential of the Human Mind in its Ascent to Know God -- 3.6 Conclusion -- A Brief Preview of Upcoming Chapters -- Chapter 4: Scriptural Exegesis and the Language of Initiation into Divine Mysteries in the Allegorical Commentary -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 Chapter preview -- 4.2 Mystery Initiation in Graeco-Roman Antiquity -- 4.3 Philo and the Language of Initiation -- 4.3.1 Philo's Primary Mode of Exegesis -- 4.3.2 Philo's Secondary Mode of Exegesis -- 4.4 Initiation Language in Philo's Primary Mode of Exegesis -- 4.4.1 Initiation Language and Philo's Reading of Genesis 4 -- 4.4.2 The Challenge of Protagorean Epistemology -- 4.4.3 Philo's Perspectives on Protagorean Epistemology -- 4.4.4 Proximate Jewish Perspectives on Cain