Philo of Alexandria - Books and Journals

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Testament patriarchs, De Abraham, De Isaac, De Jacob and De Joseph.Seethelist
of references in the index on p. 189 (but there is no index of passages). The author
argues that in these treatises Ambrose develops ‘an ethics for the common man’
(p. 153). (DTR)
20515.J.J.Collins,Jewish Cult and Hellenistic Culture: Essays on the
Jewish Encounter with Hellenism and Roman Rule, Supplements to the
Journal for the Study of Judaism 100 (Leiden 2005).
This important collection of essays focuses little on Philo specifically, but
refers to him frequently as a point of comparison for minor Hellenistic-Jewish
authors, particularly in relation to the question of human immortality (Ps.Phocylides
pp. 134–135, Wisdom pp. 174–175). For the essay examining whether
one should speak of anti-semitism in Alexandria (pp. 181–201) see below 20516.
There is also a brief discussion on Philo’s eschatology at 155–156. (DTR)
20516.J.J.Collins,‘Anti-SemitisminAntiquity?TheCaseofAlexandria,’
in C. Bakhos (ed.), Ancient Judaism in its Hellenistic Context,Supplements
to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 95 (Leiden 2005) 181–
201.
Before the essay examines the main question posed in its title, it discusses the
events of 38 c.e. in Alexandria and related incidents, naturally making extensive
use of Philo’s evidence. There are obvious problems with the use of the term
‘anti-semitism’. The central question is whether hostility towards the Jews in
antiquity was unique in its own context. The author tends to answer this question
in the negative, but he does conclude that their endeavour to maintain a distinct
identity and resist assimilation was an essential ingredient in ethnic conflict. The
article has been republished in the author’s set of collected essays published in
thesameyear(seeabove20515). (DTR)
20517.J.J.Collins,‘Anti-SemitisminAntiquity?theCaseofAlexandria,’
Archiv für Religionsgeschichte 7 (2005) 86–101.
See the summary above 20516 of another version of the same article. (DTR)
20518. R.R.Cox,By the Same Word: the Intersection of Cosmology
and Soteriology in Hellenistic Judaism, Early Christianity and ‘Gnosticism’
in the Light of Middle Platonic Intermediary Doctrine (diss. University of
Notre Dame 2005).
The dissertation written under the supervision of G. E. Sterling examines
the role of the theological intermediary as developed in Middle Platonism and
the influence it exerted on theologies founded on a biblical basis. Middle Platonism
espoused an intellectual system that would explain how a transcendent
supreme principle could relate to the material universe. The central aspect of