Thursday, November 29, 2007

The Studia Philonica Annual is out!



The Studia Philonica Annual is now out. It was available at the SBL Book booth, and soon after I returned home, it arrived in my post box:The Studia Philonica Annual.
Studies in Hellenistic Judaism Volume XIX. 2007

Edited by David T. Runia and Gregory E. Sterling.
(Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta, 2007). 239pp.



Contents:
ARTICLES
Joan E. Taylor, 'Philo of Alexandria on the Essenes: A Case Study on the Use of Classical Sources in Discussions of the Qumran-Essene Hypothesis,' pp. 1-28;
Lucia Saudell, 'La Hodos anô kai katô d'Héraclite (Fragment 22 B 60 DK/33 M) dans le De Aeternitate Mundi de Philon d'Alexandrie,' pp. 29-58;
Andrew Dinan, 'The Mystery of Play: Clement of Alexandria's Appropriation of Philo in the Paedagogus' (1.5.21.3-22.1), pp. 59-80;

SPECIAL SECTION: PHILO AND THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
John J. Collins, 'Introduction,' pp. 81-84;
Florentino García Martínez, Divine Sonship at Qumran and in Philo,' pp. 85-100;
Hindy Najman, Philosophical Contemplation and Revelatory Inspiration in Ancient Judean Traditions,' pp. 101-112;
Katell Berthelot, Zeal for God and Divine Law in Philo and the Dead Sea Scrolls', pp. 113-129;
Loren T. Stuckenbruck, To What Extent Did Philo's Treatment of Enoch and The Giantrs Presuppose a Knowledge of the Enochic and Other Sources Preserved in the Dead Sea Scrolls?' pp. 131-142.
Then, as usual there also is a BIBLIOGRAPHY SECTION(pp. 143-204: An Annotated Bibliography 2004)), and a BOOK REVIEW SECTION (pp. 205-224), and some News and Notes, Notes on Contributors, and Instructions to Contributors.

Again a nice volume with a lot of Philo information for interested Philonists.

PS:I discovered, alas, that there is a missing s in my email adress on p 231; it is torreys@ ... not torrey@ ......

UPDATE THURSDAY NIGHT
Update on the Studia Philonica from David T. Runia:


"Many thanks from the editors of The Studia Philonica Annual to Torrey
for placing the announcement of the publication of this year's
volume. This is the second volume produced in collaboration with SBL
publications. It has to be said that the cover is very similar to
last year's. In fact two of the colleagues in San Diego accidentally
bought copies of last year's volume instead the one for this year
which they wanted! But if it is ordered from SBL hopefully this
mistake will not happen.
We are very proud that we are able to provide this service for
Philonists every year. We ask all scholars interested in Philo and
his legacy to support our working by purchasing the volume, either
for themselves or their institutional library or both. And a special
request for those readers who publish on Philo: as the convenor of
the International Philo Bibliography Project I am always very keen to
hear about publications on Philo in all languages. Please contact me
on my email address, runia@queens.unimelb.edu.au.
David Runia"

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