Yesterday I received my program book for the
SBL International Meeting 2004, to be held in Groningen, Netherlands July 25-28. This years conferance will be held with The European Association for Biblical Studies, The International Association for Qumran Studies, and the UNiversity of Groningen.
Looking through the program for what intersting topics there might be for a philonic, there was not much to find. There are sessions related to diaspora Judaism, as e.g., sessions on Early Christianity between Hellenism and Judaism (though I thought that was an outdated way of phrasing oneself: Hellenism AND Judaism...).
But there is, alas not much directly related to Philo and his works: One, however, is quite relevant:
In the Session on "Themes in Biblical Literature; on The Revelation of the name of YHWH to Moses: Exodus 3 & 6 and Its interpretation". On Tuesday July 27 Albert Geljon from Christian Gymnasium Utrecht is to read a paper (45 min) on: God's Revelation in the 'Vita Mosis' Literature by Philo of Alexandria and Gregory of Nyssa. The book also contains abstracts on most of the lectures to be presented, but the one by Geljon is missing. And one might wonder why Philo is so slightly represented among the many interesting themes and topics at this SBL International Meeting. Where are the Philonics?
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