"The interpretation of the Patriarchal Narratives in the voluminous Corpus Philonicum is an exemplary demonstration of how formally and intentionally scriptural exegesis could stand in a complex mutual relationship to specific regional, medial, social and religious factors in the 1st century AD. Philo's three works on the Pentateuch show to what extent an exegete's hermeneutic principles can remain consistent and to what extent they could develop differently for different target groups. Findings of this kind provide a foundation which must be utilised for specific questions from the New Testament."
I have been waiting for this volume, cf. here, and here. But the final announcement, alas, also reveals a price for the volume that is quite depressing. It is a not easy to understand how a publisher, in this age of word processing and computer technology is able to produce books at such extremely high expences. If this is to continue, German books, even though they may be excellent, will push themselves out of the general marked, and their books will only be found in libraries. And the English/American publishers will control the marked alone.
Nevertheless, congratulations to Martina Bøhm. I'm looking forward to read it some time in the fall..
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