Check out this little snippet from Philosophy Now. Simultaneously, via Plato and the Wisdom literature, Philo offered a key theological-philosophical thread to the Fourth Gospel and the Early Church writ large. Moreover, a closer (and neglected) look at the sociology of Philo’s time/context, offers enticing clues for understanding the complexity of modern Jewish identity. early…
(This repost marks Herzl’s death on July 3rd). The top photo is of a mini sculpture near the Budapest synagogue and is based on the second photo on display in the Vienna Jewish Museum. The third photo is of the actual bicycle, also on display in the Vienna Jewish Museum. Read Herzl’s The Jewish State…
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Marking Theodor Herzl’s birth date. The top photo is of a mini sculpture near the Budapest synagogue and is based on the second photo on display in the Vienna Jewish Museum. The third photo is of the actual bicycle, also on display in the Vienna Jewish Museum. Read Herzl’s The Jewish State here; an audio book…
The doyen of Philonic studies, David Runia, reviews Jennifer Otto’s recent book in Vigiliae Christianae. Christianitydavid runiaJennifer OttoJewish IdentityJudaismlogosphilo of alexandriawisdom literature
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The book’s webpage at Encounter Books. Below is Edward Alexander’s review of said book in Society March 2010, Volume 47, Issue 2, pp. 167–169. And yes, Gertrude is 96 not out! “How,” asks Himmelfarb, “did the translator of Strauss, Feuerbach, and Spinoza come to write so sympathetic a novel about Judaism and so prophetic a vision of…
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…
It is quite astonishing that this encyclopedia entry makes no mention whatsoever of the doyen of recent Philonic studies — David Runia. This surely cannot qualify as mere oversight: it is akin to an ostensibly reliable overview of recent Hellenistic scholarship without ever citing A. A. Long. Anyway, to get a sense of just how central Runia…
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