Philo of Alexandria - Books and Journals

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20429. R.DeinesandK.-W.Niebuhr,Philo und das Neue Testament:
Wechselseitige Wahrnehmungen. 1. Internationales Symposium zum
Corpus Judaeo-Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti (Eisenach/Jena, Mai 2003),
Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 172 (Tübingen
2004).
The book records the proceedings of the first conference held in Germany
to be devoted largely to the thought of Philo. It was organized as the First
International Symposium of the Corpus Judaeo-Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti
project under the leadership of the two editors of the volume. In a valuable
introductory section entitled ‘Philo und das Neue Testament—Das Neue Testament
und Philo. Wechselseitige Wahrnehmungen,’ the editors outline the aims
of the project and the conference, and also give a valuable overview of Philo’s
importance for the Christian tradition, including interesting remarks on Luther’s
knowledge of Philo and on the extensive use of Philo made by Hugo Grotius.
The programme of the actual conference as represented in its proceedings falls
into four parts: (a) three papers surveying the field of Philo and the New Testament;
(b) twelve articles presented in six pairs, with a Philonist and a New
Testament scholar looking at a common theme from the viewpoint of their own
specialization; (c) two further articles on separate subjects; and (d) three detailed
readings of Philonic texts, the results of workshops held at the conference. Every
effort was made to ensure that the scholarly conversation was reciprocal and bidirectional
in its approach. The papers are summarized under the heading of
their authors in the present bibliography. Reviews: L. Doering, JSNT 27 (2005)
133; C. Grappe, RHPhR 85 (2005) 431–432; T. Nicklas, Expository Times 116
(2005) 387; D. T. Runia, SPhA 17 (2005) 141–152 (= 20562); A. C. Geljon, JSJ
37 (2006) 107–110; M. Niehoff, ThLZ 132 (2007) 644–647; R. Penna, Adamant
12 (2006) 544–545; M. R. Niehoff, ThLZ 132 (2007) 644–647; R. Schwindt, TTZ
116 (2007) 89–90. (DTR)
20430. P.Deming,Paul on Marriage and Celibacy: the Hellenistic
Background of 1 Corinthians 7, 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids 2004), esp. 87–93.
In this revised second edition of his 1991 Chicago dissertation the author
argues against the view that Paul should be seen as the founding father of Christian
asceticism. Rather the discussion between him and the Corinthians should
be seen against the background of the Stoic–Cynic debate about the advantages
and disadvantages of marriage. In the lengthy second chapter Deming gives a
detailed account of this debate as it emerges in a rich array of sources. One of
these is Philo. In a brief survey those texts are emphasized in which the influence
of Stoic marriage discussions can be discerned. However, there are also texts
which reveal Cynic motifs, for example in his depictions of the model philosophers,
the Essenes and the Therapeutae. Philo is thus able to accommodate a
number of differing points of view. But in his various pronouncements on the
desirability of contributing to the civic obligations of the community and trying
to escape them, he verges on inconsistency. (DTR)