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viii preface<br />

Provisional versions <strong>of</strong> the yearly bibliographies that make up this<br />

volume were published in the pages <strong>of</strong> The Studia <strong>Philo</strong>nica Annual.<br />

Up to 2005 the Journal was published by Brown Judaic Studies <strong>and</strong> I<br />

thank its editors Shaye Cohen (now Cambridge Mass.) <strong>and</strong> Ross Kraemer<br />

(Providence) for their cooperation <strong>and</strong> support. In 2006 the Journal was<br />

taken over by SBL Publications. My very warm thanks are extended to<br />

Leigh Andersen (Atlanta) for supporting our work <strong>and</strong> honouring the<br />

agreement that the bibliographies could be used as the basis for a separate<br />

monograph to be published elsewhere. It has been a joy to work closely<br />

with Gregory Sterling (Notre Dame), the other editor <strong>of</strong> the Annual,<br />

during the entire period.<br />

The Publishing house <strong>of</strong> Brill (Leiden) has continued to support my<br />

scholarly work over the decades. I warmly thank Loes Schouten (Leiden)<br />

<strong>and</strong> the editors <strong>of</strong> Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae for including this<br />

study in their series. Mattie Kuiper (Leiden) helped in her usual no-fuss<br />

manner with various technical enquiries. The final presentation <strong>of</strong> the<br />

book has also received much benefit from the typesetting acumen <strong>of</strong><br />

Johannes Rustenburg <strong>and</strong> his team at TAT Zetwerk, Utrecht.<br />

Lastly I would like to <strong>of</strong>fer a vote <strong>of</strong> heartfelt thanks to my home<br />

institution for most <strong>of</strong> the past decade, Queen’s College at the University<br />

<strong>of</strong> Melbourne, <strong>and</strong> in particular to its President <strong>of</strong> Council, Mr John<br />

Castles AM, for generously encouraging me to continue my scholarship<br />

after I took on the role <strong>of</strong> Master. Australia is a long way, not only from<br />

<strong>Philo</strong>’s <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>ria</strong>, but also from the heartl<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> modern scholarship<br />

in Europe <strong>and</strong> North America. Nevertheless the marvels <strong>of</strong> modern<br />

communication have made it ever easier to continue the truly global<br />

collaboration represented by the present volume. I dedicate this work<br />

to the b<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> scholars spread out throughout the entire world who<br />

continue to pursue research on the writings <strong>and</strong> thought <strong>of</strong> <strong>Philo</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>ria</strong> <strong>and</strong> his historical <strong>and</strong> intellectual context. May their studies<br />

long flourish.<br />

David T. Runia<br />

Melbourne<br />

June 8th 2011

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