Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Some more reviews
Lester Grabbe has a review in www.bokkreviews.org on Reinhard Gregor Kratz, Das Judentum im Zeitalter des Zweiten Temples. Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 42 Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004, pp. x + 387 Hardcover As far as I can see from the review, there is nothing about Philo in this volume. Too bad...:-|
Monday, June 27, 2005
Aphrodisias
The review of Harland's book (see below), made me aware of a website, dealing with Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity: The Late Roman and Byzantine Inscriptions, by Charlotte Roueché, King's College London.
- This site contains:
- Inscriptions
- Commentary
- Indices and reference materials
- Information about the project
It it just the kind of site that makes Internet so extremely useful.
Have a look!
Review of Harland, Associations, Synagogues
The Bryn Mawr Classical Review has just published a review ofPhilip A. Harland, Associations, Synagogues, and Congregations: Claiming a Place in Ancient Mediterranean Society. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2003. Pp. xvi, 399. ISBN 0-8006-3589-2. $22.00. You can read the review Here.
The reviewer says, inter alia, that "Harland's most valuable contribution is to weave together his critical reading of areas that have generated particular academic interest in recent years -- Greco-Roman associations, the Roman imperial cult, and synagogues and churches during the formative period of Judaism and Christianity. In so doing, he succeeds in challenging a simplistic reading of early Judaeo-Christianity as self-enclosed sectarian groups, in favour of a more complex picture that allows for a spectrum of group-society interaction, ranging from the sectarian to the moderately integrated."
The reviewer says, inter alia, that "Harland's most valuable contribution is to weave together his critical reading of areas that have generated particular academic interest in recent years -- Greco-Roman associations, the Roman imperial cult, and synagogues and churches during the formative period of Judaism and Christianity. In so doing, he succeeds in challenging a simplistic reading of early Judaeo-Christianity as self-enclosed sectarian groups, in favour of a more complex picture that allows for a spectrum of group-society interaction, ranging from the sectarian to the moderately integrated."
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
The Septuagint
A new review related to the focus of this blog has been posted on www.bookreviews.org: Dines, Jennifer,
Edited by Michael A. Knibb
The Septuagint
London: T&T Clark, 2004.Pp. xvii + 196. Cloth.
$29.95. ISBN 056708464.Reviewed by Frank Shaw Cincinnati, OH 45209
I have not seen the book myself, but the reviewer seems quite favorable to it as he writes:
"This small but handy manual for an extremely complex topic, originally slotted for a place in Sheffield/Continuums recently defunct Guides to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha but now part of T&T Clark/Continuum's Understanding the Bible and Its
World series, is the third introduction to the Septuagint to appear in English in just four years after a nearly century-long hiatus."
"In spite of (a)few slips, this enjoyable introduction by a highly qualified and wellbalanced LXX scholar will fill a need. The work contains three handy indices and a seventeen-page bibliography, and for use as a textbook it has the added attraction of the Hebrew and Greek always being transliterated (and usually translated), with only a few highly technical discussions of actual texts."
Edited by Michael A. Knibb
The Septuagint
London: T&T Clark, 2004.Pp. xvii + 196. Cloth.
$29.95. ISBN 056708464.Reviewed by Frank Shaw Cincinnati, OH 45209
I have not seen the book myself, but the reviewer seems quite favorable to it as he writes:
"This small but handy manual for an extremely complex topic, originally slotted for a place in Sheffield/Continuums recently defunct Guides to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha but now part of T&T Clark/Continuum's Understanding the Bible and Its
World series, is the third introduction to the Septuagint to appear in English in just four years after a nearly century-long hiatus."
"In spite of (a)few slips, this enjoyable introduction by a highly qualified and wellbalanced LXX scholar will fill a need. The work contains three handy indices and a seventeen-page bibliography, and for use as a textbook it has the added attraction of the Hebrew and Greek always being transliterated (and usually translated), with only a few highly technical discussions of actual texts."
Friday, June 17, 2005
Josephus und das Neue Testament
Just a note to mention a seminar planned for May 2006:
2. Internationales Symposium zum Corpus Judaeo-Hellenisticum (CJH)
“Josephus und das Neue Testament - das Neue Testament und Josephus: Wechselseitige Wahrnehmung”,
25. - 28. Mai 2006, Greifswald
Das Symposium ist als die zweite Tagung im Rahmen des CJH-Projektes geplant - die erste (“Philo und das NT - das NT und Philo”) fand 1.-4. Mai 2003 in Eisenach / Jena statt. Alle Beiträge sind inzwischen im Tagungsband nachzulesen: Philo und das Neue TestamentPhilo und das Neue Testament ..., hg. von Roland Deines und Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr, WUNT 172, Tübingen 2004.
Nach bewährtem Modell soll es auch auf dem Greifswalder Symposium wieder Paar-Vorträge geben - die dasselbe Thema sowohl aus der Perspektive des Josephus als auch aus der Perspektive des Neuen Testamentes behandeln. Einzelvorträge zu speziellen Themen schließen sich an. Ein öffentlicher Vortrag ist für den 26. Mai (Fr), 20.00 vorgesehen.
A presentation of the program is given here.
2. Internationales Symposium zum Corpus Judaeo-Hellenisticum (CJH)
“Josephus und das Neue Testament - das Neue Testament und Josephus: Wechselseitige Wahrnehmung”,
25. - 28. Mai 2006, Greifswald
Das Symposium ist als die zweite Tagung im Rahmen des CJH-Projektes geplant - die erste (“Philo und das NT - das NT und Philo”) fand 1.-4. Mai 2003 in Eisenach / Jena statt. Alle Beiträge sind inzwischen im Tagungsband nachzulesen: Philo und das Neue TestamentPhilo und das Neue Testament ..., hg. von Roland Deines und Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr, WUNT 172, Tübingen 2004.
Nach bewährtem Modell soll es auch auf dem Greifswalder Symposium wieder Paar-Vorträge geben - die dasselbe Thema sowohl aus der Perspektive des Josephus als auch aus der Perspektive des Neuen Testamentes behandeln. Einzelvorträge zu speziellen Themen schließen sich an. Ein öffentlicher Vortrag ist für den 26. Mai (Fr), 20.00 vorgesehen.
A presentation of the program is given here.
Biblioblogging at the SBL
While some would perhaps not count the Philo of Alexandria Blog among the biblioblogs, it is in fact, a blog that is as close as possible to this group. As Philo is primarily an expositor of the Scriptures, a blog dealing with Philo's works would necessarily also have to deal with the same Scriptures, and indeed, the New Testament too.
At the SBL Annual Meeting this year in Philadelphia, there will be a CARG Session on biblioblogging:Computer Assisted Research Section
Theme: The Pleasures, Pains and Prospects for Biblioblogging (S20-12)
Sunday, November 20th, 9:00am — 11: 00am
The phenomenon of "blogging", the maintenance of a regular online journal or weblog, has proliferated massively in recent times. As in all areas of life, political, religious, cultural, art, entertainment and media, so too in the area of academic Biblical Studies, the blog is an informative, innovative, up-to-the-minute way of discovering more about the subject, discussing the latest developments, interacting on controversial topics and enjoying the lighter side of the discipline. These "biblioblogs" are now widely consulted by those in the guild, and are contributing something of interest and intelligence. But what is the future of the biblioblogs? What is their scope for development? This session gathers together a panel of pioneers in this area."
See also the comments on this event on Mark Goodacre's New Testament Gateway WeBlog here.
At the SBL Annual Meeting this year in Philadelphia, there will be a CARG Session on biblioblogging:
Theme: The Pleasures, Pains and Prospects for Biblioblogging (S20-12)
Sunday, November 20th, 9:00am — 11: 00am
The phenomenon of "blogging", the maintenance of a regular online journal or weblog, has proliferated massively in recent times. As in all areas of life, political, religious, cultural, art, entertainment and media, so too in the area of academic Biblical Studies, the blog is an informative, innovative, up-to-the-minute way of discovering more about the subject, discussing the latest developments, interacting on controversial topics and enjoying the lighter side of the discipline. These "biblioblogs" are now widely consulted by those in the guild, and are contributing something of interest and intelligence. But what is the future of the biblioblogs? What is their scope for development? This session gathers together a panel of pioneers in this area."
See also the comments on this event on Mark Goodacre's New Testament Gateway WeBlog here.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Philo and the city
Sometimes you find articles, or references to articles you think you ought to have seen before, or read before, or at least- have noticed before. You may think they are new to you -then you search your bibliography and find it is already there- . Sometimes something old seems new, but they aren't. And sometimes something new seems old. And it is, - but it is nevertheless new to you..
What am I trying to say? That even in such a small field of study as 'Philo of Alexandria', it is hard to be on the cutting edge of what is published about him, his works and the various ideas therein.
The article below I should have known, but I didn't. Did you?
Runia, David T. "The Idea and the Reality of the City in the Thought of Philo of Alexandria"
Journal of the History of Ideas - Volume 61, Number 3, July 2000, pp. 361-379.
Excerpt
The theme of my paper is the conception of the city as a social and cultural phenomenon held by the Jewish exegete and philosopher Philo of Alexandria (15 bc to 50 ad). There can be no doubt that the city occupied a central position in his own life. As an inhabitant of Alexandria he was thoroughly immersed in a highly urbanized form of life. From a more theoretical angle the city has an important place in his thought because of what it represents: of all physical products of human activity the city is the largest and most complex (here there is in fact little difference between Philo and us, although there is an obvious difference in scale). It is not my aim to examine Philo's political philosophy, i.e., his views on how the city should be governed, nor his views on the actual political administration of the Roman Empire in his time. These subjects have already been treated with sufficient competence by others. 1 I will argue that, though as an Alexandrian Philo was very much a homo urbanus, he nevertheless reveals a significant ambivalence towards the city. This attitude is related to his dual ideological background (Jewish and Greek), and anticipates developments in later antiquity.
What am I trying to say? That even in such a small field of study as 'Philo of Alexandria', it is hard to be on the cutting edge of what is published about him, his works and the various ideas therein.
The article below I should have known, but I didn't. Did you?
Journal of the History of Ideas - Volume 61, Number 3, July 2000, pp. 361-379.
Excerpt
The theme of my paper is the conception of the city as a social and cultural phenomenon held by the Jewish exegete and philosopher Philo of Alexandria (15 bc to 50 ad). There can be no doubt that the city occupied a central position in his own life. As an inhabitant of Alexandria he was thoroughly immersed in a highly urbanized form of life. From a more theoretical angle the city has an important place in his thought because of what it represents: of all physical products of human activity the city is the largest and most complex (here there is in fact little difference between Philo and us, although there is an obvious difference in scale). It is not my aim to examine Philo's political philosophy, i.e., his views on how the city should be governed, nor his views on the actual political administration of the Roman Empire in his time. These subjects have already been treated with sufficient competence by others. 1 I will argue that, though as an Alexandrian Philo was very much a homo urbanus, he nevertheless reveals a significant ambivalence towards the city. This attitude is related to his dual ideological background (Jewish and Greek), and anticipates developments in later antiquity.
Idolatry and the ...
Miller, Isaac (2004)
Idolatry and the Polemics of World-Formation from Philo to Augustine.
The Journal of Religious History 28 (2), 126-145.
This article examines the association of idolatry with erroneous ideas about the natural world in the writings of late antique Jewish and Christian authors. It follows two polemical genres. The first is the hexaemeral commentaries composed by Philo of Alexandria, Basil of Caesarea and Augustine, which positioned the hexaemeron against the background of natural philosophy and used various critiques of idolatry to revise or refute pagan natural philosophy. The second genre is that of heresiology initiated by Irenaeus of Lyon and adapted by Augustine to refute Gnostic and Manichaean cosmological myths and disregard for the creation account in Genesis. The article analyses a variety of ways in which the prohibitions against idolatry figured in methodological questions about how to conceptualize the natural world, how to locate the sources of conceptual error, and how to distinguish those errors from truth.
Idolatry and the Polemics of World-Formation from Philo to Augustine.
The Journal of Religious History 28 (2), 126-145.
This article examines the association of idolatry with erroneous ideas about the natural world in the writings of late antique Jewish and Christian authors. It follows two polemical genres. The first is the hexaemeral commentaries composed by Philo of Alexandria, Basil of Caesarea and Augustine, which positioned the hexaemeron against the background of natural philosophy and used various critiques of idolatry to revise or refute pagan natural philosophy. The second genre is that of heresiology initiated by Irenaeus of Lyon and adapted by Augustine to refute Gnostic and Manichaean cosmological myths and disregard for the creation account in Genesis. The article analyses a variety of ways in which the prohibitions against idolatry figured in methodological questions about how to conceptualize the natural world, how to locate the sources of conceptual error, and how to distinguish those errors from truth.
Monday, June 13, 2005
Religiöses Lernen
Mohr-Siebeck announces a new book to be published now:
Religiöses Lernen in der biblischen, frühjüdischen und frühchristlichen Überlieferung
Herausgegeben von Beate Ego und Helmut Merkel
2005. Ca. 360 Seiten. (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament). ISBN 3-16-148562-9 Leinen € 84.00
From the announcement:
"Dieser Band versammelt sechzehn Beiträge in- und ausländischer Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler, die im Jahre 2003 an einem internationalen Forschungssymposium an der Universität Osnabrück teilgenommen haben. Die einzelnen Studien zur alt- und neutestamentlichen Überlieferung bzw. zur antikjüdischen und frühchristlichen Literatur fokussieren ganz unterschiedliche Aspekte des Lernens: Neben Ausführungen zur Lernpraxis, für die das Auswendiglernen eine bedeutende Rolle spielt, kommt dem personalen und sozialen Aspekt von Lernprozessen große Bedeutung zu. Lernen geschieht durch einen Lehrer; im gemeinsamen Lernen wiederum bindet sich der Einzelne in die Traditionsgemeinschaft ein. Schließlich wird auch auf die theologisch-kultische Dimension des Lernens verwiesen, da Lernen als Möglichkeit der Gottesbegegnung beschrieben werden und die Belehrung als ein Akt göttlichen Gnadenerweises verstanden werden kann."
List of Contents:
Herausgegeben von Beate Ego und Helmut Merkel
2005. Ca. 360 Seiten. (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament). ISBN 3-16-148562-9 Leinen € 84.00
From the announcement:
"Dieser Band versammelt sechzehn Beiträge in- und ausländischer Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler, die im Jahre 2003 an einem internationalen Forschungssymposium an der Universität Osnabrück teilgenommen haben. Die einzelnen Studien zur alt- und neutestamentlichen Überlieferung bzw. zur antikjüdischen und frühchristlichen Literatur fokussieren ganz unterschiedliche Aspekte des Lernens: Neben Ausführungen zur Lernpraxis, für die das Auswendiglernen eine bedeutende Rolle spielt, kommt dem personalen und sozialen Aspekt von Lernprozessen große Bedeutung zu. Lernen geschieht durch einen Lehrer; im gemeinsamen Lernen wiederum bindet sich der Einzelne in die Traditionsgemeinschaft ein. Schließlich wird auch auf die theologisch-kultische Dimension des Lernens verwiesen, da Lernen als Möglichkeit der Gottesbegegnung beschrieben werden und die Belehrung als ein Akt göttlichen Gnadenerweises verstanden werden kann."
List of Contents:
- Beate Ego: Zwischen Gabe und Aufgabe: Theologische Implikationen des Lernens in der alttestamentlichen und antik-jüdischen Literatur
- Karin Finsterbusch: "Du sollst sie lehren, auf dass sie tun". Mose als Lehrer der Tora im Buch Deuteronomium
- Erich Zenger: JHWH als Lehrer des Volkes und des Einzelnen im Psalter
- Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger: Den Ruf der Weisheit hören. Lernkonzepte in der alttestamentlichen Weisheitsliteratur
- Georg Steins: Inszenierungen des Lesens und Lernens in Neh 8,1-12
- Annette Steudel: "Bereitet den Weg des Herrn". Religiöses Lernen in Qumran
- Michael Mach: Lerntraditionen im hellenistischen Judentum unter besonderer Berücksichtigung Philos von Alexandrien
- Günter Stemberger: "Schaff' dir einen Lehrer, erwirb dir einen Kollegen" (mAv 1,6). Lernen als Tradition und Gemeinschaft
- Annette Böckler: Beten als Lernen Lernen als Mitzwa. Das Gebetbuch als Lehrbuch im Judentum
- Tal Ilan: Learned Jewish Women in Antiquity
- Samuel Byrskog: Das Lernen der Jesusgeschichte nach den synoptischen Evangelien
- Helmut Merkel: Der Lehrer Paulus und seine Schüler. Forschungsgeschichtliche Schlaglichter
- Peter Pilhofer: Von Jakobus zu Justin. Lernen in den Spätschriften des Neuen Testaments und bei den Apologeten
- Dietmar Wyrwa: Religiöses Lernen im zweiten Jahrhundert und die Anfänge der alexandrinischen Katechetenschule
- Josef Wohlmuth: Augustins De magistro und das inspirierte Subjekt bei E. Levinas. Inszenierung eines Dialogs.
- Franz-Georg Untergaßmair: "Du bist der Lehrer Israels und verstehst das nicht?" (Joh 3,10b). Lernen bei Johannes
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
In search of more info..
I haev been informed that the following publication contains an article about a papyrus with a philonic text inscribed:
Analecta Papyrologica XIV-XV (2002-2003), Sicania, Messina 2005,pp. 398;
ISSN 1122-2336; Euro 90,00.
The article concerned is this:
H. Harrauer, 'Ein neuer Philo-Papyrus mit peri filanqrwpiva.'
If any of the readers of this blog know something more about this article, please use the comments field just below this posting for our further information.
The other articles in this volume comprise:
M.J. Luzzatto, Grammata e syrmata. Scrittura greca e produzione libraria tra VII e IX secolo;
H. Froschauer, Ligatur von Alpha und Omega;
D. Minutoli, PL III/975: Iliade K 176-195;
N. Gonis, P.Harris I 125: Odyssey IX 118-131;
C. Meliadò, P.Laur. III 56. Edizione e commento;
H. Harrauer - R. Pintaudi, Miscellanea di tachigrafia;
F. Reiter, P.Prag. inv. Gr. I 1 B: Kaisereid eines Schmugglers;
G. Messeri Savorelli, PSI X 1170 recto, registro di immobili non più redditizi;
G. Messeri Savorelli - M. Savino, Frammento di verbale di processo;
F. Mitthof - H. Harrauer, Bemerkungen zu P.Vindob.G. 1625;
L.S.B. MacCoull, CPR IV 34 = P.Rain. Unterricht 112 = MPER XVIII 223
descr.: Aspects of the Training of a Bilingual Scribe;
H. Foerster, 7Q5 - "Und was?";
G. Ucciardello, In margine a P.Oxy. LXV 4456 (frammento di commentario?);
L. Canfora, PSI 1304;
R. Otranto, PSI 1304, Hellenica Oxyrhynchia: per una storia dei restauri;
R. Pintaudi, Dalle lettere e dai libri: recuperi dalle carte di Vittorio
Bartoletti;
P. Pruneti, Antinoe, la "Bella città";
W.C.M. Warmoeskerken, The lhvkuqoÁ;
G. Nachtergael - R. Pintaudi, Documents de fouilles en provenance du nome
Arsinoite et d´Antinoé;
G. Rosati, Nuovi blocchi amarniani da El Sheikh `Abadah - Antinoupolis;
D. Minutoli, Il carteggio Orvieto-Vitelli;
G. Fabre, Medea Norsa ebrea?;
D. Minutoli - R. Pintaudi, Medea Norsa libera docente in Papirologia classica;
A. Borghi, Medea Norsa e la Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa;
P.M. Pinto, Engelbert Drerup a Idris Bell: tre inediti;
Analecta Papyrologica XIV-XV (2002-2003), Sicania, Messina 2005,pp. 398;
ISSN 1122-2336; Euro 90,00.
The article concerned is this:
H. Harrauer, 'Ein neuer Philo-Papyrus mit peri filanqrwpiva.'
If any of the readers of this blog know something more about this article, please use the comments field just below this posting for our further information.
The other articles in this volume comprise:
M.J. Luzzatto, Grammata e syrmata. Scrittura greca e produzione libraria tra VII e IX secolo;
H. Froschauer, Ligatur von Alpha und Omega;
D. Minutoli, PL III/975: Iliade K 176-195;
N. Gonis, P.Harris I 125: Odyssey IX 118-131;
C. Meliadò, P.Laur. III 56. Edizione e commento;
H. Harrauer - R. Pintaudi, Miscellanea di tachigrafia;
F. Reiter, P.Prag. inv. Gr. I 1 B: Kaisereid eines Schmugglers;
G. Messeri Savorelli, PSI X 1170 recto, registro di immobili non più redditizi;
G. Messeri Savorelli - M. Savino, Frammento di verbale di processo;
F. Mitthof - H. Harrauer, Bemerkungen zu P.Vindob.G. 1625;
L.S.B. MacCoull, CPR IV 34 = P.Rain. Unterricht 112 = MPER XVIII 223
descr.: Aspects of the Training of a Bilingual Scribe;
H. Foerster, 7Q5 - "Und was?";
G. Ucciardello, In margine a P.Oxy. LXV 4456 (frammento di commentario?);
L. Canfora, PSI 1304;
R. Otranto, PSI 1304, Hellenica Oxyrhynchia: per una storia dei restauri;
R. Pintaudi, Dalle lettere e dai libri: recuperi dalle carte di Vittorio
Bartoletti;
P. Pruneti, Antinoe, la "Bella città";
W.C.M. Warmoeskerken, The lhvkuqoÁ;
G. Nachtergael - R. Pintaudi, Documents de fouilles en provenance du nome
Arsinoite et d´Antinoé;
G. Rosati, Nuovi blocchi amarniani da El Sheikh `Abadah - Antinoupolis;
D. Minutoli, Il carteggio Orvieto-Vitelli;
G. Fabre, Medea Norsa ebrea?;
D. Minutoli - R. Pintaudi, Medea Norsa libera docente in Papirologia classica;
A. Borghi, Medea Norsa e la Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa;
P.M. Pinto, Engelbert Drerup a Idris Bell: tre inediti;
Monday, June 06, 2005
More articles
The journal, New Testament Abstracts (published three times a year; for further info, click here), is a good help for all those who try to stay updated in the steady flow of publications (books and articles) related to the study of the New Testament and related fields, and especially for those, who like me, in addition, have access to a rather minor library at their local institution.
The reception of Vol 2/2005 last week revealed the existence of the following studies, hitherto unknown to me:
D.A. DeSilva,
'Reading the Bible at Qumran, Alexandria and Ephesus,'
Ashland Theological Journal 36 (2004): 17-43.
L.H. Feldman,
'Philo, Pseudo-Philo, Josephus and Theodtus on the Rape of Dinah,'
Jewish Quarterly Review 94 (2003): 253-271.
H. Jacobsen,
'Philo, Lucretius and Anima,'
Classical Quarterly 54 (2004): 635-636.
H. Jacobsen,
'A Philonic Rejection of Plato,'
Mnemosyne (Leiden) 57(2004):488.
If you have any recent publications, or references to publications on Philo that should have been noted here, please inform me. You'll find my e-mail by clicking on my name at the top of this blog.
Have a nice day!
The reception of Vol 2/2005 last week revealed the existence of the following studies, hitherto unknown to me:
D.A. DeSilva,
'Reading the Bible at Qumran, Alexandria and Ephesus,'
Ashland Theological Journal 36 (2004): 17-43.
L.H. Feldman,
'Philo, Pseudo-Philo, Josephus and Theodtus on the Rape of Dinah,'
Jewish Quarterly Review 94 (2003): 253-271.
H. Jacobsen,
'Philo, Lucretius and Anima,'
Classical Quarterly 54 (2004): 635-636.
H. Jacobsen,
'A Philonic Rejection of Plato,'
Mnemosyne (Leiden) 57(2004):488.
If you have any recent publications, or references to publications on Philo that should have been noted here, please inform me. You'll find my e-mail by clicking on my name at the top of this blog.
Have a nice day!
Friday, June 03, 2005
Runia's Philo commentary,- now in paperpack
News have reached me (thanks to Bob Buller) that the SBL paperback edition of the first volume of the Philo of Alexandria Commentary Series, that is, David Runia's volume On the Creation of the Cosmos according to Moses is now available, and that at a quite reasonable price ($34.95).
The The URL for this volume on the SBL store is: https://secure.aidcvt.com/sbl/ProdDetails.asp?ID=061801P&PG=1&Type=BL&PCS=SBL.
This is good news for all students of Philo's works. The next volume in paperback format should then be Pieter van der Horst's volume on In Flaccum.
And, hopefully, more volumes will be published in a not too distant future. The Philo Commentary webpage has a list of contributors to the Commentary Series, but no date of publication. The webpage is, alas, not updated either, as the publishing of P. van der Horst's commentary is not mentioned. Could the editor provide us with some information about when the next volume will be released? Any suggestions, Greg?
The The URL for this volume on the SBL store is: https://secure.aidcvt.com/sbl/ProdDetails.asp?ID=061801P&PG=1&Type=BL&PCS=SBL.
This is good news for all students of Philo's works. The next volume in paperback format should then be Pieter van der Horst's volume on In Flaccum.
And, hopefully, more volumes will be published in a not too distant future. The Philo Commentary webpage has a list of contributors to the Commentary Series, but no date of publication. The webpage is, alas, not updated either, as the publishing of P. van der Horst's commentary is not mentioned. Could the editor provide us with some information about when the next volume will be released? Any suggestions, Greg?
Thursday, June 02, 2005
Bookreviews
Among the just recently posted book reviews on SBL's www.bookreviews.org there are, as almost always, some that should be pointed out as especially related to the field of study of this blog.Erich S.Gruen,
Diaspora: Jews amidst Greeks and Romans
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004
pp. ix +386 $19.95. Paperback
Some of the articles in this volume deal directly with Alexandria and/or the works of Philo.
Michael Tilly,
Jerusalem-- Nabel der Welt: Überlieferung und Funktionen von Heiligtumstraditionen im antiken Judentum
Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2002 pp. ix + 307. EUR 35.00. Paperback.
Athalya Brenner, editor, Are We Amused?: Humor about Women in the Biblical Worlds
London: T&T Clark, 2003. pp. viii + 158. $39.95. Paperback
Diaspora: Jews amidst Greeks and Romans
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004
pp. ix +386 $19.95. Paperback
Some of the articles in this volume deal directly with Alexandria and/or the works of Philo.
Michael Tilly,
Jerusalem-- Nabel der Welt: Überlieferung und Funktionen von Heiligtumstraditionen im antiken Judentum
Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2002 pp. ix + 307. EUR 35.00. Paperback.
Athalya Brenner, editor, Are We Amused?: Humor about Women in the Biblical Worlds
London: T&T Clark, 2003. pp. viii + 158. $39.95. Paperback
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
New English Translation of the Septuagint
NETS is a new translation of the Greek Jewish Scriptures, entitled A New English Translation of the Septuagint and the Other Greek Translations Traditionally Included Under that Title (and abbreviated as NETS). This project is being carried out under the aegis of The International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS).
The translators are specialists in Septuagint studies. Their translations follow rigorous procedures established by the editors. Oxford University Press is publishing the translation. An accompanying commentary series is also planned.
The first volume was published in 2000.The Psalms: A New English Translation of the Septuagint and the Other Greek Translations Traditionally Included Under that Title. Translated by Albert Pietersma. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN: 0-19-529753-9 (paperback).
The NETS team is making available on their website a provisional edition of NETS translations. Oxford University Press will publish the final form in the near future.
You can see a list of the provisional editions available here. The provisional editions are protected by copyright. A detailed copyright notice is included with each file. Users of these provisional editions are encouraged to report any typographical or translational errors to the editors.
(I owe this information to http://www.deinde.org/.
The translators are specialists in Septuagint studies. Their translations follow rigorous procedures established by the editors. Oxford University Press is publishing the translation. An accompanying commentary series is also planned.
The first volume was published in 2000.
The NETS team is making available on their website a provisional edition of NETS translations. Oxford University Press will publish the final form in the near future.
You can see a list of the provisional editions available here. The provisional editions are protected by copyright. A detailed copyright notice is included with each file. Users of these provisional editions are encouraged to report any typographical or translational errors to the editors.
(I owe this information to http://www.deinde.org/.
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