The about to be published The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Philosophy has a free preview available, fortunately it’s the Philo of Alexandria entry. early churchhellenismJudaismmark edwardsphilo of alexandriaplatonismseptuagint
Brill, the preeminent Philonic studies publisher, has two new titles to this series in the pipeline: Philo of Alexandria: On the Contemplative Life and Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham. Christianityearly churchhellenismJudaismphilo of alexandria
The doyen of Philonic studies, David Runia, reviews Jennifer Otto’s recent book in Vigiliae Christianae. Christianitydavid runiaJennifer OttoJewish IdentityJudaismlogosphilo of alexandriawisdom literature
Due to drop in March — featuring of course, Philo of Alexandria. fourth gospelhellenismJewish Identitylogosphilo of alexandriaPlatoseptuagintwisdom literature
Due April 2020. hellenismJewish IdentityJudaismphilo of alexandriaReligion
A recently published work that I’ve only just come across. ancient historyhellenismjosephusJudaismphilo of alexandria
Somehow I missed this recent book but not this announcement. Any conference with the participation of David Runia is a big deal. (Still working on a joint review of Maren Niehoff’s book who is also participating). david runiaethicshellenismJudaismMaren NiehoffNélida Naveros Córdovaphilo of alexandria
I’ve just received my review copy of this which will appear as a joint review along with Philo of Alexandria: An Intellectual Biography. This past year has turned out to be a red letter year for Philonic Studies, a book from an “old hand” (Maren Niehoff) which I have already written up and another from…
Here is a recent paper by a young Philo scholar, Deborah Forger (glad some youngsters are engaging with Philo). And when I say scholar I mean scholar — not to be confused with many who are merely “regurgitation generators” for some trendy ism or other. Though officially listed here behind a paywall, the paper is…
A couple of months ago I took to task the Philo entry in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. I have just noticed that in the interim a more nuanced entry of Philo has recently appeared in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — and one that actually cites and acknowledges Runia. Oddly enough, Lévy does not mention E.…
