I do not, of course, expect any of my readers to have forgotten the art of reading a book, but if anyone knows someone who have problems with that kind of sophisticated art, let them have a look at this educating and funny video:
http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2007/introducing-the-book-p1.php
It is supposed to be of great help...
Have a nice weekend!
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Friday, April 20, 2007
Philo conference in Belgium in June
In June 26-28, there will be a great Philo conference in Brussels, Belgium. Its main focus is "Philon d'Alexandrie : un penseur à l'intersection des cultures gréco-romaine, orientale, et chrétienne."
The conference is organized and held at Intitut de Sociologie at the Université Libre de Bruxelles by its Centre interdisciplinaire d'étude des religions et de la laïcité - CIERL. In its presentation of the conference, it says -inter alia-Ni seulement grec, ni seulement juif, Philon appartenait à un monde éminemment multiculturel et, à ce titre, il est, plus que beaucoup d'autres, infiniment proche de la réalité que nous vivons. C'est pourquoi notre colloque international s'assigne pour tâche l'étude de l'œuvre de Philon dans la totalité de ses aspects, ce qu'exprime le thème que nous avons choisi: " Philon d'Alexandrie : un penseur à l'intersection des cultures gréco-romaine, orientale, juive, et chrétienne ". Il apparaît, en effet, aujourd'hui, après un siècle de recherche, que seule une approche plurielle de son œuvre permet de cerner de façon adéquate une pensée qui puisa aux sources des différentes traditions de l'Antiquité pour parfois les nourrir à son tour.
The conference consists of 24 papers, all focusing on Philo. It would have been nice to be there, but as 18 of the papers will be held in French - only 6 in English - my low ability of understanding spoken French woul be an impediment as a listener.
The conference also features many prominent Philo scholars. Here is a review of the various sessions:
Mardi 26 Juin
Entre Jérusalem et Rome
10h00 : Ouverture : Le Recteur et Jean-Philippe Schreiber
Introduction : Sabrina Inowlocki et Baudouin Decharneux
10h45 : Conférence inaugurale par David Runia sur le thème " Why Philo Is an Important Thinker ? "
Pause
11h30 : Michèle Broze, " L'Egypte de Philon d'Alexandrie: approche d'un discours ambigu ".
12h00: Martin Goodman, " Philo in Rome "
Pause déjeuner
14h30 : Mireille Hadas-Lebel, " Philon et l'apologétique juive ".
15h00 : Joanna Weinberg, " Philon et le judaïsme de la Renaissance "
Pause
15h45 : Thomas Gergely, " Philon et la Halakha".
16h15 : Katell Berthelot, " Grecs, Barbares et Juifs dans l'œuvre de Philon ".
16h45 : Ellen Birnbaum, " Who celebrated on Pharos with the Jews? Conflicting Philonic currents and their implications".
17h15 : Discussion.
Mercredi 27 Juin
Entre Athènes et Alexandrie
9h30 : Lambros Couloubaritsis, " Le statut de l'allégorie chez Philon d'Alexandrie ".
10h00 : Olivier Munnich, " La fugacité de la vie humaine: étude d'un motif traditionnel (De Josepho, § 127-130)".
10h30 : Francesca Alesse, " Prohairesis in Philo of Alexandria ".
Pause
11h15 : Francesca Calabi, " God's Rest in Philo ".
11h45 : Maren Niehoff, " Recherche Homérique et l'Exégèse d'Ecriture en Alexandrie ".
12h15 : discussion.
Pause déjeuner.
14h00 : Carlos Lévy : " La notion de signe chez Philon d'Alexandrie ".
14h30 : José Zamora, " L'âme du sage chez Philon d'Alexandrie, De Cherubim, 98-112 ".
15h15 : Folker Siegert, "Philon et la philologie alexandrine. Aux origines du fondamentalisme chrétien." .
Pause.
15h45 : Lucia Saudelli, " Les fragments d'Héraclite et ses implications dans le corpus philonicum ".
16h15 : Sharon Weisser, " La figure du prokôpton chez Philon ou la proximité de la sagesse ".
16h45 : dicussion.
Jeudi 28 Juin
Le Temps des relectures
9h00 : Gilbert Van Belle, " Philon et le Nouveau Testament ".
9h30 : Monique Alexandre, " Philon et sa transmission chez les Pères ".
10h00 : Sabrina Inowlocki, " La réception chrétienne de Philon comme apologiste ".
Pause
11h15 : Fabien Nobilio, " L'Esprit et le temps. Comparaison entre Philon d'Alexandrie et l'évangile de Jean "
10h45 : Peter Tomson, " Le Temple céleste : pensée platonisante et orientation apocalyptique dans l'Épître aux Hébreux ".
11h45 : Albert Geljon, " Philo's Influence on Didymus the Blind "
12h45 : Discussion
13h00 : Conclusions
13h30 : Excursion
I have received a pamphlet presenting the conference and the various topics; there are some disagreements between the web page presentation and the brochure, hence I have here given the topics as stated in the latter.
For all of us who is not able to attend the conference, I hope the papers will be published as soon as possible.
The conference is organized and held at Intitut de Sociologie at the Université Libre de Bruxelles by its Centre interdisciplinaire d'étude des religions et de la laïcité - CIERL. In its presentation of the conference, it says -inter alia-
The conference consists of 24 papers, all focusing on Philo. It would have been nice to be there, but as 18 of the papers will be held in French - only 6 in English - my low ability of understanding spoken French woul be an impediment as a listener.
The conference also features many prominent Philo scholars. Here is a review of the various sessions:
Mardi 26 Juin
Entre Jérusalem et Rome
10h00 : Ouverture : Le Recteur et Jean-Philippe Schreiber
Introduction : Sabrina Inowlocki et Baudouin Decharneux
10h45 : Conférence inaugurale par David Runia sur le thème " Why Philo Is an Important Thinker ? "
Pause
11h30 : Michèle Broze, " L'Egypte de Philon d'Alexandrie: approche d'un discours ambigu ".
12h00: Martin Goodman, " Philo in Rome "
Pause déjeuner
14h30 : Mireille Hadas-Lebel, " Philon et l'apologétique juive ".
15h00 : Joanna Weinberg, " Philon et le judaïsme de la Renaissance "
Pause
15h45 : Thomas Gergely, " Philon et la Halakha".
16h15 : Katell Berthelot, " Grecs, Barbares et Juifs dans l'œuvre de Philon ".
16h45 : Ellen Birnbaum, " Who celebrated on Pharos with the Jews? Conflicting Philonic currents and their implications".
17h15 : Discussion.
Mercredi 27 Juin
Entre Athènes et Alexandrie
9h30 : Lambros Couloubaritsis, " Le statut de l'allégorie chez Philon d'Alexandrie ".
10h00 : Olivier Munnich, " La fugacité de la vie humaine: étude d'un motif traditionnel (De Josepho, § 127-130)".
10h30 : Francesca Alesse, " Prohairesis in Philo of Alexandria ".
Pause
11h15 : Francesca Calabi, " God's Rest in Philo ".
11h45 : Maren Niehoff, " Recherche Homérique et l'Exégèse d'Ecriture en Alexandrie ".
12h15 : discussion.
Pause déjeuner.
14h00 : Carlos Lévy : " La notion de signe chez Philon d'Alexandrie ".
14h30 : José Zamora, " L'âme du sage chez Philon d'Alexandrie, De Cherubim, 98-112 ".
15h15 : Folker Siegert, "Philon et la philologie alexandrine. Aux origines du fondamentalisme chrétien." .
Pause.
15h45 : Lucia Saudelli, " Les fragments d'Héraclite et ses implications dans le corpus philonicum ".
16h15 : Sharon Weisser, " La figure du prokôpton chez Philon ou la proximité de la sagesse ".
16h45 : dicussion.
Jeudi 28 Juin
Le Temps des relectures
9h00 : Gilbert Van Belle, " Philon et le Nouveau Testament ".
9h30 : Monique Alexandre, " Philon et sa transmission chez les Pères ".
10h00 : Sabrina Inowlocki, " La réception chrétienne de Philon comme apologiste ".
Pause
11h15 : Fabien Nobilio, " L'Esprit et le temps. Comparaison entre Philon d'Alexandrie et l'évangile de Jean "
10h45 : Peter Tomson, " Le Temple céleste : pensée platonisante et orientation apocalyptique dans l'Épître aux Hébreux ".
11h45 : Albert Geljon, " Philo's Influence on Didymus the Blind "
12h45 : Discussion
13h00 : Conclusions
13h30 : Excursion
I have received a pamphlet presenting the conference and the various topics; there are some disagreements between the web page presentation and the brochure, hence I have here given the topics as stated in the latter.
For all of us who is not able to attend the conference, I hope the papers will be published as soon as possible.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
My review of
Ware, James P.,The Mission of the Church in Paul’s Letter to the Philippians in the Context of Ancient Judaism (Supplements to Novum Testamentum 120
Leiden: Brill, 2005)
have now been published on SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
The author of this well researched and engaging volume presents here an extensive study of the role of Paul’s churches in his mission commitment, asking, What role did Paul envision his churches as having in the advancement of the gospel? This topic has received little attention in recent New Testament research, and while some recent studies argue that Paul expected individuals to be engaged in mission, the remaining question still is: did he expect his congregations themselves as such to be obligated to spread the gospel? It has been argued that Paul nowhere explicitly commands his congregations to spread the gospel, or exhorts his churches to engage in mission activity. Ware, on his part, however, suggests that in his letter to the Philippians, Paul reveals an unusual level of interest in the preaching and promotion of the gospel by his communities.
Concerning Philo, the author deals with Philo on pp. 131-142, focused as ‘Conversion of Gentiles.' According to my reading, "I wonder if his strong focus on conversion of gentiles and mission has sometimes led to a somewhat narrow selection and reading of texts: Considering his use of material from Philo, I do think there are some issues here he should have considered more thoroughly. ‘Messianic’ texts as Vita Mosis 1:289-290; Praem 91-97 and 163-172 receive only a brief reference in a footnote, and the important issues of particularism and universalism are hardly dealt with at all."
The rest of the reviwew is available here.
Ware, James P.,The Mission of the Church in Paul’s Letter to the Philippians in the Context of Ancient Judaism (Supplements to Novum Testamentum 120
Leiden: Brill, 2005)
have now been published on SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
The author of this well researched and engaging volume presents here an extensive study of the role of Paul’s churches in his mission commitment, asking, What role did Paul envision his churches as having in the advancement of the gospel? This topic has received little attention in recent New Testament research, and while some recent studies argue that Paul expected individuals to be engaged in mission, the remaining question still is: did he expect his congregations themselves as such to be obligated to spread the gospel? It has been argued that Paul nowhere explicitly commands his congregations to spread the gospel, or exhorts his churches to engage in mission activity. Ware, on his part, however, suggests that in his letter to the Philippians, Paul reveals an unusual level of interest in the preaching and promotion of the gospel by his communities.
Concerning Philo, the author deals with Philo on pp. 131-142, focused as ‘Conversion of Gentiles.' According to my reading, "I wonder if his strong focus on conversion of gentiles and mission has sometimes led to a somewhat narrow selection and reading of texts: Considering his use of material from Philo, I do think there are some issues here he should have considered more thoroughly. ‘Messianic’ texts as Vita Mosis 1:289-290; Praem 91-97 and 163-172 receive only a brief reference in a footnote, and the important issues of particularism and universalism are hardly dealt with at all."
The rest of the reviwew is available here.
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