Did Christianity originate in Egypt?
A contrary view held by a small minority of scholars is that Christianity originated, at least in part, from neo-Platonism. Certainly, Philo of Alexandria, the first-century Jewish philosopher, was a follower of neo-Platonism and he is seen as contributing to early Christian thought. Christianity was no doubt influenced by neo-Platonism and other concepts coming out of Egypt, but there is very little evidence to support the proposal that Christianity actually originated in Egypt.
