Feldman, Philo's Portrayal of Moses

How could I miss this book? I suddenly discovered that L.H. Feldman is publishing a large study on Philo's portrayal of Moses. However, as far as I can gather, the book is not yet published. Hopefully it might be available in November at the SBL, I might hope: Louis H. Feldman,
Philo's Portrayal of Moses in the Context of Ancient Judaism
The University of Notre Dame Press, Cloth Edition, 568 Pages, 2007.
We might again quote from the publishers:
"Philo's Portrayal of Moses in the Context of Ancient Judaism presents the most comprehensive study of Philo's De Vita Mosis that exists in any language. Feldman, well known for his work on Josephus and ancient Judaism, here paves new ground using rabbinic material with philological precision to illuminate important parallels and differences between Philo's writing on Moses and rabbinic literature."

Louis H. Feldman is the Abraham Wouk Family Professor of Classics and Literature, Yeshiva University. He is the author and editor of over sixteen books, including Josephus's Interpretation of the Bible and most recently Judaism and Hellenism Reconsidered.

“This book represents the first full-length treatment of Philo's portrait of Moses in the De Vita Moysis. The work is erudite and careful. As is characteristic of Professor Feldman's work as a whole, the strongest quality of this book is its comprehensive nature and encyclopedic learning. It will appeal to a significant number of scholars and students from a wide range of disciplines, including Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, New Testament, and the Early Church.” —Gregory E. Sterling, associate professor of theology, University of Notre Dame.

Read more about the book here.

Moses and the thaumaturges

I December 21 I blogged here about an article by Harold Remus, "Moses and the thaumaturges: Philo's De Vita Mosis as a rescue Operation," in Laval Theologique et Philosophiique 52 (1996): 665-680, and said, that "Alas, this article is not available in Norway."

Today I received it as a pdf file from Prof. Dr. G.H. van Kooten, Professor of New Testament & Early Christianity, Faculty of Theology & Religious Studies, University of Groningen, who had used the article himself for one of his own studies.

What a pleasant surprise! It made my day! Thank you very much. I appreciate very much such interest and helpful attitude. This is internet at its best!

Philo on Moses

Walter de Gruyter announces a new book on Moses in Biblical and extra-Biblical traditions to be published these days: Moses in Biblical and Extra-Biblical Traditions
Ed. by Axel Graupner & Michael Wolter
(Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 372)
2007. 277 pages. Cloth. Euro [D] 88.00 / sFr 141.00 / for USA, Canada, Mexico US$ 123.00. ISBN 978-3-11-019460-9 The announcement says furthermore: "The papers in this volume revolve around the history of the influence exerted by the person of Moses and the traditions associated with him. They deal not only with the function of the figure of Moses in the Pentateuch, the salvation in the Red Sea and the final day of Moses’ life, but also with the way Moses was received in the Deuteronomic history, the Psalms, the Book of Jeremiah, the Septuagint, in Qumran, early Jewish extra-biblical literature, the New Testament and the Early Church."

It turns out that the volume also contain a couple of articles on Philo:

Pierluigi Lanfranchi, 'Reminiscences of Ezekiel's Exagoge in Philo's De Vita Mosis,' pp. 143-150;
and
Hywel Clifford, 'Moses as Philosopher-Sage in Philo.' pp. 151-168.

I have not seen the volume yet, just its announcement, so I have no further information than this bibliographic note.