Philo at SNTS General Meeting 2022

Seminar: ‘Philo and Early Christianity’ (Per Jarle Bekken and Greg Sterling) – terminates in 2023

Session 1: Gottfried Schimanowski (Germany): ‘Philo als Bibelausleger: Spurensuche seiner Hermeneutik im grundlegenden Traktat De vita Mosis’

Session 2: Jean-Claude Loba Mkole (Kenya): ‘Philo of Alexandria: An Intercultural Mediator’  

Session 3: Per Jarle Bekken (Norway): ‘Paul’s Discussion of the Gentile Problem in Romans 3–4 in Jewish Context’

Philo at SBL International Meeting

18-20Judaica 7/18/2022 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM Room: HS213 – LawMayer Gruber, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Presiding Adi Amsterdam, David Yellin Academic College of Education A Unique Vowel Sign in Targum Onqelos of Ms. Vat.Ebr.448 (20 min) Tag(s): Targumic Texts (Early Jewish Literature – Rabbinic Literature), Aramaic (Philology / Linguistics (incl. Semiotics)) Jonathan Jacobs, Bar-Ilan University Virtue Ethics in the Thought of Naḥmanides (20 min) Tag(s): Commentary (Text and Translation), Other Texts (Early Jewish Literature – Other) Robert Williams, B. H. Carroll Theological Institute Journeying in Philo’s On the Life of Moses, Book 1 (20 min) Tag(s): Philo (Early Jewish Literature – Other), Torah/Pentateuch – Numbers (Biblical Literature – Hebrew Bible/Old Testament/Greek OT (Septuagint)), Hellenistic Period (History & Culture) Discussion (10 min)

18-28a Hellenistic Judaism 7/18/2022 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM Room: HS104 – TheologyTheme: Hellenistic Jewish Writings 1Georg Fischer SJ, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Presiding Paola Druille, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa The Existence of the Jewish Gerousia in Alexandria (37–40 AD): Lexicon and Context (25 min) Tag(s): Philo (Early Jewish Literature – Other) Jin Young Kim, Oklahoma State University The Concept of Conversion in Philo (25 min) Tag(s): Philo (Early Jewish Literature – Other), Hellenistic Period (History & Culture), Greco-Roman Literature (Greco-Roman Literature) Michael Avioz, Bar-Ilan University Murder in Josephus’ Writings (25 min) Tag(s): Josephus (Early Jewish Literature – Other), Biblical Interpretations (Early Jewish Literature – Dead Sea Scrolls), Greco-Roman Period (History & Culture)

20-42Hellenistic Judaism 7/20/2022 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM Room: HS106 – Theology Theme: Hellenistic Jewish Writings 2 Georg Fischer SJ, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Presiding Robert Williams, B. H. Carroll Theological Institute Journeying in Philo’s On Abraham (25 min) Tag(s): Philo (Early Jewish Literature – Other), Torah/Pentateuch – Numbers (Biblical Literature – Hebrew Bible/Old Testament/Greek OT (Septuagint)), Hellenistic Period (History & Culture) Justin Hagerman, Université Catholique de Lyon “From the Creation of the Cosmos”: The Reception of Genesis’ Lexicon of Creation Motifs in Philo and Paul (25 min) Tag(s): Hellenistic Period (History & Culture), Lexicography (Text and Translation), Comparative Approaches (Interpretive Approaches) Mateusz Wyrzykowski, Akademia Katolicka w Warszawie The Universal Dimension of the Interpretation of Philo (25 min) Tag(s): Philo (Early Jewish Literature – Other), Egyptian (Ancient Near Eastern Literature – Region), Old Testament (Ideology & Theology)

20-44Johannine Literature 7/20/2022 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM Room: HS107 – TheologyTheme: Johannine Theology Stan Harstine, Friends University, Presiding Milan Kostresevic, Universität Rostock Symbolism of Light as a Key Christological Motif of the Gospel of John (20 min) Tag(s): Gospels – John (Biblical Literature – New Testament), Philo (Early Jewish Literature – Other), Greco-Roman Literature (Greco-Roman Literature) Discussion (10 min) Berti Józsa, University of Edinburgh Jesus: “Enabler” in the Gospel of John (20 min) Tag(s): Narrative Criticism (Interpretive Approaches), Theological Interpretation (Interpretive Approaches), Literary Criticism (incl. poetics, new criticism, formalism, close reading, narratology) (Interpretive Approaches) Discussion (10 min) Marius J. Nel, Universiteit van Stellenbosch – University of Stellenbosch The Breath of Forgiveness (20 min) Tag(s): Gospels – John (Biblical Literature – New Testament), Theological Interpretation (Interpretive Approaches) Discussion (10 min)

21-6Hellenistic Judaism 7/21/2022 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM Room: HS106 – Theology Theme: Hellenistic Jewish Writings 3 Ljubica Jovanovic, American Military University, Presiding Carmen Palmer, Stetson University Philo’s Hellenistic-Jewish Approach in the Decalogue and on the Contemplative Life: Blending Wisdom of Solomon’s Critique against Idols with a Notion of Moderation (25 min) Tag(s): Philo (Early Jewish Literature – Other), Wisdom of Solomon (Biblical Literature – Deuterocanonical Works), Greco-Roman Period (History & Culture) R. Gillian Glass, University of British Columbia Aseneth among the Prophetesses: Second Temple Greek Literary Depictions of Women’s Visionary Experiences (25 min) Tag(s): Gender and Sexuality Criticism (incl. Feminist, Womanist, Masculinity Studies, Queer Theory) (Interpretive Approaches), Other Jewish Compositions (e.g., 1 Enoch) (Early Jewish Literature – Dead Sea Scrolls), Greco-Roman Period (History & Culture)