The Studia Philonica Annual XXI, 2009

173 Pages·2009·3.43 MB·English

by  David T. Runia

THE STUDIA PHILONICA ANNUAL
Studies in Hellenistic Judaism
THE STUDIA PHILONICA ANNUAL
Studies in Hellenistic Judaism

Editors
David T. Runia
Gregory E. Sterling
THE STUDIA PHILONICA ANNUAL
Studies in Hellenistic Judaism

Volume XXI

2009

Editors:
David T. Runia
Gregory E. Sterling

Associate Editor
David Winston

Book Review Editor
Ronald Cox

Society of Biblical Literature
Atlanta
THE STUDIA PHILONICA ANNUAL
Studies in Hellenistic Judaism

The financial support of
C. J. de Vogel Foundation, Utrecht
Queen’s College, University of Melbourne
University of Notre Dame
Pepperdine University
is gratefully acknowledged

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THE STUDIA PHILONICA ANNUAL
STUDIES IN HELLENISTIC JUDAISM
Editorial Board
Editors: David T. Runia, Queen’s College, University of Melbourne
Gregory E. Sterling, University of Notre Dame
Associate editor: David Winston, Berkeley
Book review editor: Ronald Cox, Pepperdine University

Advisory board
Thomas H. Tobin, S.J. (Loyola University Chicago) (chair)
Harold Attridge (Yale University)
Katell Berthelot (CNRS, Aix-en-Provence)
Ellen Birnbaum (Cambridge, Mass.)
Annewies van den Hoek (Harvard Divinity School)
Pieter van der Horst (Zeist, The Netherlands)
Adam Kamesar (Hebrew Union College)
Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer (University of Munich)
Carlos Levy (University of Paris IV-Sorbonne)
Maren Niehoff (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
Robert Radice (Sacred Heart University, Milan)
Jean Riaud (Catholic University, Angers)
James R. Royse (San Francisco State University)
Torrey Seland ( School of Mission and Theology, Stavanger, Norway)
Folker Siegert (University of Münster)
Abraham Terian (St. Nersess Armenian Seminary)

Contributions should be sent to the Editor, Prof. Gregory E. Sterling, Dean of the
Graduate School, 408 Main Building, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
46556, USA; email: [email protected]. Please send books for review to the Book
Review Editor, Prof. Ronald Cox, Religion Division, Pepperdine University, 24255
Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90263-4352, email [email protected].
Contributors are requested to observe the “Instructions to Contributors” located at
the end of the volume. These can also be consulted on the Annual’s website:
http://www.nd.edu/~philojud. Articles which do not conform to these instruc-
tions cannot be accepted for inclusion.
The Studia Philonica Monograph series accepts monographs in the area of
Hellenistic Judaism, with special emphasis on Philo and his Umwelt. Proposals for
books in this series should be sent to Prof. Gregory E. Sterling, Dean of the
Graduate School, 408 Main Building, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame IN
46556, USA; email [email protected]

CONTENTS*
ARTICLES
David T. Runia, The Theme of Flight and Exile in the Allegorical
Thought-World of Philo of Alexandria..................................................... 1
Scott D. Mackie, Seeing God in Philo of Alexandria: The Logos,
the Powers, or the Existent One?............................................................... 25
Tzvi Novick, Perspective, Paideia, and Accommodation in Philo........... 49

REVIEW ARTICLE
Gregory E. Sterling, How Do You Introduce Philo of Alexandria?
The Cambridge Companion to Philo........................................................ 63

BIBLIOGRAPHY SECTION
D. T. Runia, E. Birnbaum, A. C. Geljon, H. M. Keizer, J. P. Martín,
M. R. Niehoff, J. Riaud, G. Schimanowski, T. Seland,
Philo of Alexandria: An Annotated Bibliography 2006.......................... 73
Supplement: A Provisional Bibliography 2007–2009.................................. 109

BOOK REVIEW SECTION
Louis H. Feldman, Philo’s Portrayal of Moses in the Context of Ancient
Judaism
Reviewed by Albert C. Geljon................................................................ 125
Alex Graupner and Michael Wolter, eds., Moses in Biblical and Extra-
Biblical Traditions
Reviewed by Gregory E. Sterling.......................................................... 127
Anders Runesson, Donald D. Binder and Birger Olsson, eds.,
The Ancient Synagogue from its Origins to 200 C.E.: A Source Book
Reviewed by Justin M. Rogers................................................................. 131
Eric F. Mason, “You Are a Priest Forever”: Second Temple Jewish
Messianism and the Priestly Christology of the Epistle to the Hebrews
Reviewed by Ronald R. Cox..................................................................... 134
Birger A. Pearson, Ancient Gnosticism: Traditions and Literature
Reviewed by Ronald R. Cox..................................................................... 137
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Peter Struck, The Birth of the Symbol: Ancient Readers at the Limits of Their
Texts
Reviewed by M. Jason Reddoch............................................................... 141

News and Notes............................................................................................... 145

Notes on Contributors................................................................................. 151

Instructions to Contributors.................................................................... 155

** The editors wish to thank the typesetter Gonni Runia once again for her tireless and
meticulous work on this volume. They also wish to thank Tamar Primoratz (Melbourne)
for her assistance with the bibliography, Sister Lisa Marie Belz OSU, ABD for proof-
reading the final manuscript, and Kindalee DeLong for the assistance she has given in
maintaining the Annual’s website. As in previous years we are deeply grateful to our
publisher SBL and to Leigh Andersen and Kathie Klein for making the publication of the
Annual possible.
ABBREVIATIONS
For a complete listing of abbreviations used in this volume, please refer to
the Instructions to Contributors section, pages 155–161.