A Brief Guide to Philo

My review of
Schenck, Kenneth, A Brief Guide to Philo
Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2005
pp. xi + 172. $24.95

was published on www.bookreviews.org early this summer.
It is still available here.

My final paragraph of the review looks like this:
"The author is to be congratulated for this fine introduction geared for students coming to the works of Philo for the first time. I find it to be well informed, fair in its presentations of various scholars and viewpoints, and well endnoted. The value of Philo for studying Judaism and early Christianity is well set forth. Schenck’s many brief definitions and explanatory text-boxes throughout the book will also, I presume, be valuable to students.
All in all, those wanting some preliminary initiation into the mysteries of Philo’s works will find in this book a trustworthy guide. Then they, one hopes, will want to proceed to some higher wisdom like Philo himself did."