Had the works of Philo been newly discovered...

In 1994 Abraham Terian published an interesting article with the title'Had the Works of Philo Been Newly Discovered', Biblical Archaeologist 57.2 (1994):86-97.In this article he presented Philo to his readers, focusing especially the study of Philo was influenced by the findings in Qumran, and the Nag Hammadi in Egypt. One might wonder what might have happened if the works of Philo had been found after Qumran and Nag Hammadi?
Terian presents and discuss some of the research on Philo, and the nature of the works of Philo, dealing also especially with the Armenian texts, as Terian is an expert on just the Armenian texts of Philo. Terian ends his article with the call: "Nearly half a century after the discoveries of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi Codices, it is perhaps time to rediscover Philo."

This article was published 13 years ago; what has happened to Philo studies in these years? It is my impression that Philo studies have had a much greater place in recent publications; it has, for instance, been much more natural to include Philo when decribing the possible background of some New Testament topics; and Philo has been much more studied for his own part and as a representative of the Diaspora Judaism of the time of Jesus and Paul. One of those contributing to this resurge is Gregory E. Sterling.

Gregory E. Sterling has two articles out that in particular focus on the value of Philo for New Testament research. Those interested in this topic, should have a closer look at these articles: '"Philo has not been used half enough": The Significance of Philo of Alexandria for the Study of the New Testament,' Perspectives in Religious Studies 30.3 (2003): 251-269.
Sterling here states frankly that "I think that the Philonic corpus is the single most important body of material from Second Temple Judaism for our understanding of the development of Christianity in the first and second centuries. . . . I am convinced, that the Philonic corpus helps us to understand the dynamics of early Christianity more adequately than any other corpus." (p. 252.

The rest of the article is a presentation of various aspects of Philo's life and works as reflected in his work and as focused in recent research. Another article takes this a little further. Hence the abovementioned article and the one mentioned below together represent relevant introduction to the value of Philo for further New Testament studies.
'The Place of Philo of Alexandria in the Study of Christian Origins' in R. Deines & K-W. Niebuhr (eds.), Philo und das Neue Testament. Wechelseitige Wahrnehmungen (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 171; Mohr Siebeck; Tubingen 2004), pp. 21-52.