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critical studies 1997 59<br />

Judaism prepared the way for early Christianity: ‘Hellenistische Diaspora-Juden<br />

an der Wiege des Urchristentums’ (pp. 383–404, = RRS 9589). (DZ)<br />

9789. R.B.Ward,‘WhyUnnatural?TheTraditionbehindRomans<br />

1:26–27,’ Harvard Theological Review 90 (1997) 263–284.<br />

Ward argues that one answer to why same-sex acts are against nature can<br />

be found in Plato’s Timaeus. He then further discusses the ways in which the<br />

tradition, derived from Plato <strong>and</strong> merging with Judaism in <strong>Philo</strong> <strong>and</strong> Pseudo-<br />

Phocylides, resembles Rom 1:26–27. (HMK)<br />

9790.B.W.Winter,<strong>Philo</strong> <strong>and</strong> Paul among the Sophists,Society<strong>of</strong>New<br />

Testament Studies Monograph Series 96 (Cambridge 1997), esp. 60–112.<br />

The first half <strong>of</strong> the monograph, based on a 1988 Macquarie University Sydney<br />

dissertation (see RRS 8874), focuses on <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>ria</strong>, the second half on<br />

Corinth. In both cases, the author argues, we should take references to the existence<br />

<strong>of</strong> practising sophists seriously. The beginnings <strong>of</strong> the second sophistic<br />

movement are thus earlier than is generally thought. The first chapter <strong>of</strong> the<br />

<strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>ria</strong>n section examines POxy 2190, a letter from a young student to his<br />

father complaining about the educational situation, the second to Dio Chrysostom’s<br />

<strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>ria</strong>n oration (p. 32). Three chapters are devoted to <strong>Philo</strong>. In the<br />

first the <strong>Philo</strong>nic texts mentioning sophists are analysed. Winter urges us to take<br />

these references literally, i.e. as referring to actual educators working in <strong>Philo</strong>’s<br />

city. Specific texts discussed are Contempl. 31, Agr. 136, QG 3.33, Congr. 67, Opif.<br />

157. In the second chapter it is argued that <strong>Philo</strong> does not polemicize against<br />

the educational ethos <strong>of</strong> the Greek paideia, but against its misuse by the orators<br />

<strong>and</strong> sophists <strong>of</strong> his day. The terms in which this critique is formulated are<br />

clearly indebted to Plato. Sophists misuse paideia for vice, deception <strong>and</strong> personal<br />

gain. The third chapter shows how <strong>Philo</strong> himself, as orator <strong>and</strong> debater,<br />

enters into debate with the sophists <strong>and</strong> defeats them. In conclusion <strong>Philo</strong>’s experiences<br />

are compared with those <strong>of</strong> another Hellenized Jew, Caecilius <strong>of</strong> Calacte.<br />

Reviews: Anonymous, Irén 71 (1998) 148; F. G. Downing, JThS 49 (1998) 788–<br />

789; A. J. Kostenberger, Faith <strong>and</strong> Mission 15 (1998) 90–91; A. Mendelson, JJS<br />

49 (1998) 352–353; A. C. Mitchell, ThS 59 (1998) 551–552; R. H. Nash, Choice<br />

35 (1998) 1390; T. R. Schreiner, Trinity Journal 19 (1998) 246–249; J. R. C. Cousl<strong>and</strong>,<br />

BMCR 1999.02.13; B. Fiore, CBQ 61 (1999) 803–804; D. M. Hay, SPhA 11<br />

(1999) 165–167; B. K. Peterson, JBL 118 (1999) 156–157; D. F. Watson, ATJ 31<br />

(1999) 147–149; P. van der Horst, NTT 54 (2000) 72–73; E. Krentz, CurrThM 27<br />

(2000) 301–302; D. T. Runia, EvQ 72 (2000) 89–91; R. Hawley, JHS 121 (2001)<br />

195; T. E. Klutz, BibInt 9 (2001) 87–88; J. Murphy-O’Connor, RB 3 (2003) 428–<br />

433. (DTR)<br />

9791. N. H. Young, ‘Reconciliation in <strong>Philo</strong>, Josephus, <strong>and</strong> Paul,’ in D.<br />

Merling (ed.), To Underst<strong>and</strong> the Scriptures: Essays in Honor <strong>of</strong> William<br />

H. Shea (Berrien Springs Mich.1997) 233–244.

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