Studia Philonica Annual 2004

David T. Runia has been so kind as to send me this information about the most recent edition of Studia Philonica:

Dear Philophiles,

The editors of The Studia Philonica Annual are very pleased to announce that volume 16 has been published by Brown Judaic Series in conjunction with SBL Publications and is now available for purchase. We are convinced that it is another informative volume that contains much material of interest to the Philonist and anyone working in the area of Hellenistic Judaism and its context in the ancient world.

Here are the details about the volumes
The Studia Philonica Annual. Studies in Hellenistic Judaism
Volume 16, 2004
David T. Runia and Gregory E. Sterling, editors
viii + 333 pages. ISBN 1-930675-18-6. Price $48.95 Cloth

The contents of the volume are:
Articles:
Cristina Termini; Taxonomy of Biblical Laws and philotechnia in Philo of Alexandria: a Comparison with Josephus and Cicero,
Sabrina Inowlocki; The Reception of Philo’s Legatio ad Gaium in Eusebius of Caesarea’s works,
James R. Royse; Jeremiah Markland’s Contribution to the Textual Criticism of Philo,
Daniel R. Schwartz; Did the Jews Practice Infant Exposure and Infanticide in Antiquity?,
Special Section: Etymology and Allegory
L. Michael White;Introduction,
David T. Runia; Etymology as an Allegorical Technique in Philo of Alexandria,
Annewies van den Hoek; Etymologizing in a Christian Context: the Techniques of Clement and Origen,
Philip S. Alexander; The Etymology of Proper Names as an Exegetical Device in Rabbinic Literature,
Review Articles:
Daniel Boyarin; By Way of Apology: Dawson, Edwards, Origen.
Elliot R. Wolfson, Text, Context, and Pretext: Review Essay of Yehuda Liebes’s Ars Poetica in Sefer Yetsira,
Instrumenta:
D. T. Runia; Quaestiones in Exodum 2.62–68. Supplement to The Philo Index,
Bibliography Section:
Philo of Alexandria: an Annotated Bibliography 2001, D. T. Runia, E. Birnbaum, K. A. Fox, A. C. Geljon, H. M. Keizer, J. P. Martín, R. Radice, J. Riaud, D. Satran, G. Schimanowski, T. Seland; Supplement: Provisional Bibliography 2002–2004;
Book reviews by Jean Riaud, Sandra Gambetti, David M. Hay, Azzan Yadin, Maren Niehoff, Charlotte E. Fonrobert, Matthias Henze, Adam Kamesar, Michael L. Satlow, Robert L. Wilken.
News and Notes
Notes on Contributors

For more detailed contents and order form see the Annual’s website www.nd.edu/~philojud. Or visit the SBL site, www.sbl-site.org