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Following the traces of some references to pre-existing matter in the  Septuagint , the article analyses the interpretation of Gen 1, 2a in Philo of Alexandria’s  De opificio mundi  with a focus on his omission of the ἀκατασκεύαστος character of the earth. Philo’s interpretation is closely linked to his conception of emptiness and to his pioneering defence of a creation  ex nihilo . In his cosmology, which is articulated as a dual interpretation of the  Genesis  and Plato’s  Timaeus , the matter plays an essential role. Philo justifies its existence on Aristotelian-Stoic grounds, highlighting the process of gradual refinement whereby matter passes from being a rough ὕλη to being an elaborate type of οὐσία.

La materia e la creazione del mondo nel De opificio mundi di Filone di Alessandria