The last issue of Studia Philonica has arrived on my desk:
The Studia Philonica Annual
Studies in Hellensitic Judaism Vol XXII. 2010
Edited by David T. Runia and Gregory E. Sterling
Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta 2010. 326 pages.
As always, there are a lot of good articles on Philo, as well as some extensive book reviews, and a Bibliography of Philonic Studies 2007.
The complete list of contents of this volume runs like this:
ARTICLES
Ekaterina Matusova, Allegorical Interpretation of the Pentateuch
in Alexandria: Inscribing Aristobulus and Philo in a Wider Literary
Context…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1
Tatjana Alekniené, L’«extase mystique» dans la tradition platonicienne:
Philon d’Alexandrie et Plotin …………………………………………………………… 53
SPECIAL SECTION: PHILO’S DE AGRICULTURA
Gregory E. Sterling, Philo’s De Agricultura: Introduction………………….. 83
David T. Runia, The structure of Philo’s allegorical treatise
De Agricultura…………………………………………………………………………………… 87
James R. Royse, Some Observations on the Biblical Text in Philo’s
De Agricultura…………………………………………………………………………………… 111
David Konstan, Of Two Minds: Philo On Cultivation…………………………. 131
SPECIAL SECTION: PHILO’S THE HYPOTHETICA
Gregory E. Sterling, The Hypothetica: Introduction ……………………………. 139
Dulcinea Boesenberg, Philo’s Descriptions of Jewish Sabbath
Practice…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 143
Horacio Vela, Philo and the Logic of history …………………………………….. 165
Michael Cover, Reconceptualizing Conquest: Colonial Narratives and
Philo’s Roman Accuser in the Hypothetica………………………………………… 183
BIBLIOGRAPHY SECTION
D. T. Runia, K. Berthelot, E. Birnbaum, A. C. Geljon, H. M. Keizer,
J. Leonhardt-Balzer, J. P. Martín, M. R. Niehoff, T. Seland,
Philo of Alexandria: An Annotated Bibliography 2007…………………….. 209
Supplement: A Provisional Bibliography 2008–2010……………………………. 257
BOOK REVIEW SECTION
Tessa Rajak, Translation and Survival: The Greek Bible of the Ancient Jewish
Diaspora
Reviewed by Pieter W. van der Horst………………………………………….. 269
Manfred Landfester, with Brigitte Egger, eds., Geschichte der antiken
Texte: Autoren- und Werklexikon. Der neue Pauly.
Reviewed by James R. Royse …………………………………………………………… 272
Contents
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José Pablo Martín (ed.), Filón de Alejandría. Obras Completas I
Reviewed by Manuel Alexandre Jr………………………………………………. 276
José Pablo Martín (ed.), Filón de Alejandría. Obras Completas V
Reviewed by Manuel Alexandre Jr………………………………………………. 280
Sarah J. K. Pearce, The Land of the Body: Studies in Philo’s
Representation of Egypt
Reviewed by Gregory E. Sterling …………………………………………………. 282
Martin Goodman, Judaism in the Roman World: Collected Essays,
Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations
Reviewed by René Bloch………………………………………………………………… 286
Jean Riaud (ed.), Les élites dans le monde biblique
Reviewed by Katell Berthelot……………………………………………………… 290
Per Jarle Bekken, The Word is Near You: A Study of Deuteronomy
30:12–14 in Paul’s Letter to the Romans in a Jewish Context
Reviewed by Craig Keener…………………………………………………………….. 292
George H. van Kooten, Paul’s Anthropology in Context: the Image of God,
Assimilation to God, and Tripartite Man in Ancient Judaism, Ancient
Philosophy and Early Christianity
Reviewed by Gregory E. Sterling …………………………………………………. 294
Emma Wasserman, The Death of the Soul in Romans 7: Sin, Death and
the Law in Light of Hellenistic Moral Psychology
Reviewed by John T. Conroy, Jr…………………………………………………….. 298
Kenneth L. Schenck, Cosmology and Eschatology in Hebrews:
The Settings of the Sacrifice
Reviewed by Harold W. Attridge ………………………………………………… 302
Peter C. Bouteneff, Beginnings. Ancient Christian Readings of the Biblical
Creation Narratives
Reviewed by Alison G. Salvesen …………………………………………………… 305
Sabrina Inowlocki, Eusebius and the Jewish Authors: His Citation
Technique in an Apologetic Context
Reviewed by David T. Runia ………………………………………………………….. 307
Philonica et Neotestamentica 