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Evagrius's Kephalaia Gnostika
A New Translation of the Unreformed Text from the Syriac
Ilaria L.E. Ramelli
SBL Press, 2015

A new English translation for scholars and students of church history

Evagrius exerted a striking impact on the development of spirituality, of Origenism, and of the spiritual interpretation of the Bible in Greek, Syriac, and Latin Christianity. This English translation of the most complete Syriac version of Kephalaia Gnostika makes Evagrius Ponticus's thoughts concerning reality, God, protology, eschatology, anthropology, and allegorical exegesis of Scripture widely available.

Features:

  • English translation of the longer Syriac version discovered by Antoine Guillaumont
  • Commentary provides an integrated analysis of Evagrius's ascetic and philosophical writings
  • Extensive introduction on the importance of Evagrius and the context of his writings
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History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 2
From Late Antiquity to the End of the Middle Ages
Henning Graf Reventlow
SBL Press, 2010
Volume 2 of History of Biblical Interpretation deals with the most extensive period under examination in this four-volume set. It begins in Asia Minor in the late fourth century with Bishop Theodore of Mopsuestia, the founder of a school of interpretation that sought to accentuate the literal meaning of the Bible and thereby stood out from the tradition of antiquity. It ends with another outsider, a thousand years later in England, who by the presuppositions of his thought stood at the end of an era: John Wyclif. In between these two interpreters, this volume presents the history of biblical interpretation from late antiquity until the end of the Middle Ages by examining the lives, works, and interpretive practices of Didymus the Blind, Jerome, Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, Isidore of Seville, the Venerable Bede, Alcuin, John Scotus Eriugena, Abelard, Rupert of Deutz, Hugo of St. Victor, Joachim of Fiore, Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure, Rashi, Abraham ibn Ezra, and Nicolas of Lyra.
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History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 3
Rennaissance, Reformation, Humanism
Henning Graf Reventlow
SBL Press, 2009
Volume 3 of History of Biblical Interpretation deals with an era—Renaissance, Reformation, and humanism—characterized by major changes, such as the rediscovery of the writings of antiquity and the newly invented art of printing. These developments created the context for one of the most important periods in the history of biblical interpretation, one that combined both philological insights made possible by the now-accessible ancient texts with new theological impulses and movements. As representative of this period, this volume examines the lives and teaching of Johann Reuchlin, Erasmus, Martin Luther, Philipp Melanchthon, John Calvin, Thomas Müntzer, Hugo Grotius, and a host of other influential exegetes.
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History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1
From the Old Testament to Origen
Henning Graf Reventlow
SBL Press, 2009
From the very beginning, Holy Scripture has always been interpreted Scripture, and its interpretation determined the development and the history of both early Judaism and the first centuries of the Christian church. In this volume, the first of four on the History of Biblical Interpretation, readers will discover how the earliest interpreters of the Bible made the Scriptures come alive for their times—within the contexts and under the influences of Hellenism, Stoicism, and Platonism, as well as the interpretive methods developed in Alexandria. Particular attention is paid to innerbiblical interpretation (within the Hebrew Bible itself and in the New Testament’s reading of the Hebrew Bible), as well as to the interpretive practices reflected in the translation of the Septuagint and the writings of Qumran, Philo, the early rabbis, the apostolic fathers Barnabas and Clement, and early Christian leaders such as Justin Martyr, Marcion, Irenaeus, and Origen.
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History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 4
From the Englightenment to the Twentieth Century
Henning Graf Reventlow
SBL Press, 2010
As in the first three volumes of History of Biblical Interpretation, From the Enlightenment to the Twentieth Century surveys the lives and works of significant theologians and lay people, politicians and philosophers, in order to portray the characteristic attitudes of the era. It discusses the philosophers and politicians Hobbes, Locke, and Spinoza and the writers Lessing and Herder. Biblical criticism per se begins with the controversy over the original Hebrew text of the Old Testament and extends into Enlightenment ethics, myth, and miracle stories. Early representatives include Richard Simon and Hermann Samuel Reimarus, followed by Johann Salomo Semler, Johann Jakob Griesbach, Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, and Philipp Jacob Spener. Biblical scholars such as Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, Ferdinand Christian Baur, Heinrich Julius Holtzmann, Julius Wellhausen, Hermann Gunkel, Wilhelm Bousset, Karl Barth, and Rudolf Bultmann round out the volume and bring readers to the twentieth century.
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Intermediate Biblical Hebrew Grammar
A Student's Guide to Phonology and Morphology
Eric D. Reymond
SBL Press, 2018

A unique grammar for intermediate or advanced students of Hebrew

This grammar is intended for students of Hebrew who wish to learn more about the history of the Hebrew language, specifically its phonology and morphology. Reymond focuses on aspects of Hebrew that will encourage a student to better remember the words and their inflection as well as those that will reinforce general principles of the language. Specific examples for memorization are outlined at the end of each chapter. The book also serves as a resource for students wishing to remind themselves of the relative frequency of certain phenomena. The book provides students with a full picture of the language's morphology.

Features:

  • Tables of nouns and adjectives illustrating the absolute and construct, singular and plural forms, as well as all the forms with suffixes
  • Tables include forms not found in the Masoretic Text
  • Additional tables that set similar verbal inflections side by side
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Qumran Hebrew
An Overview of Orthography, Phonology, and Morphology
Eric D. Reymond
SBL Press, 2014

A unique study of the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls

In Qumran Hebrew, Reymond examines the orthography, phonology, and morphology of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Short sections treat specific linguistic phenomena and present a synopsis and critique of previous research. Reymond’s approach emphasizes problems posed by scribal errors and argues that guttural letters had not all “weakened” but instead were “weak” in specific linguistic environments, texts, or dialects. Reymond illustrates that certain phonetic shifts (such as the shift of yodh > aleph and the opposite shift of aleph > yodh) occur in discernible linguistic contexts that suggest this was a real phonetic phenomenon.

Features:

  • Summary and critique of previous research
  • Discussion of the most recently published scrolls
  • Examination of scribal errors, guttural letters, and phonetic shifts
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Historical Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew
Steps Toward an Integrated Approach
Robert Rezetko
SBL Press, 2014

A philologically robust approach to the history of ancient Hebrew

In this book the authors work toward constructing an approach to the history of ancient Hebrew that overcomes the chasm of academic specialization. The authors illustrate how cross-textual variable analysis and variation analysis advance research on Biblical Hebrew and correct theories based on extra-linguistic assumptions, intuitions, and ideologies by focusing on variation of forms/uses in the Masoretic text and variation between the Masoretic text and other textual traditions.

Features:

  • A unique approach that examines the nature of the sources and the description of their language together
  • Extensive bibliography for further research
  • Tables of linguistic variables and parallels
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Sources for the Study of Greek Religion, Corrected Edition
David G. Rice
SBL Press, 2009
Since its initial publication in 1979, Sources for the Study of Greek Religion has become an essential classroom resource in the field of classical studies. The Society of Biblical Literature is pleased to present a corrected edition—in a new, attractive, and electronic-friendly format—with hopes that it will inspire a new generation of classicists and religious historians.
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Poverty, Law, and Divine Justice in Persian and Hellenistic Judah
Johannes Unsok Ro
SBL Press, 2018

A view of Persian and Hellenistic Judean communities through theological and socioeconomic lenses

Johannes Unsok Ro employs philological, historical, and sociological approaches to investigate the close connections between socioeconomic structures, social inequality, and theological developments in the Judean communities in Persian- and Hellenistic-era Palestine. Ro contends that competing points of view from communities of lay returnees, priestly returnees, and communities of resident Judeans and Samaritans were juxtaposed within the Hebrew Bible, which took shape during the postexilic period. By exploring issues such as the relationship between the shaping of the canon and literacy in the Judean community, the term strangers in the biblical law codes, the socioeconomic structures of Judean communities reflected in the biblical law codes, the development of the theological concept of divine punitive justice, the piety of the poor in certain psalms, and the concept of poverty in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Ro illustrates that the communities behind each text and its redactions can be ascertained through sociological and theological lenses.

Features

  • Demonstration that a theology of the poor materialized orally among the poor but found written expression among Levites
  • Insight into the socioeconomic and theological concerns of the authorial groups behind various biblical law codes
  • A case that biblical “poverty” sometimes refers to humility and a theologically reflected consciousness of lowliness toward God
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Sea Voyages and Beyond
Emerging Strategies in Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation
Vernon K. Robbins
SBL Press, 2018

Explore insights, methodologies, and advances in socio-rhetorical interpretation

Essays in this volume from Vernon K. Robbins merge social and rhetorical strategies of interpretation and set the stage for how socio-rhetorical interpretation has developed in the context of research into the rhetoric of religious antiquity. This book contains “By Land and By Sea: The We Passages and Ancient Sea Voyages” (1978), which initially received widespread praise and then became an object of significant criticism. The volume includes Robbins’s varied, detailed responses to both encouragement and critique of his approach.

Features:

  • Introduction to the collection by David B. Gowler
  • Twelve essays that programmatically study early Christian texts using resources from the social sciences
  • Reflections on the future of socio-rhetorical criticism
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The Art of Visual Exegesis
Rhetoric, Texts, Images
Vernon K. Robbins
SBL Press, 2017

A critical study for those interested in the intersection of art and biblical interpretation

With a special focus on biblical texts and images, this book nurtures new developments in biblical studies and art history during the last two or three decades. Analysis and interpretation of specific works of art introduce guidelines for students and teachers who are interested in the relation of verbal presentation to visual production. The essays provide models for research in the humanities that move beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries erected in previous centuries. In particular, the volume merges recent developments in rhetorical interpretation and cognitive studies with art historical visual exegesis. Readers will master the tools necessary for integrating multiple approaches both to biblical and artistic interpretation.

Features

  • Resources for understanding the relation of texts to artistic paintings and images
  • Tools for integrating multiple approaches both to biblical and artistic interpretation
  • Sixty images and fifteen illustrations
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    Jesus and Mary Reimagined in Early Christian Literature
    Vernon K. Robbins
    SBL Press, 2015

    Explore the diverse character of emerging Christian narratives

    This book presents essays that show how prophetic and priestly emphases in Luke and Acts, and emphasis on Jesus’s existence prior to creation in the Gospel of John, are reworked in some second- and third-century Christian literature. Early Christians interpreted and expressed the storylines of Jesus, Mary, and other important figures in ways that created new images and stories. Contributors show the effect of including rhetography, the rhetoric of a text that prompts images and pictures in the mind of a hearer or reader, in interpretation of texts.

    Features:

    • Readings that attempt to account for the development of richly creative and complicated early Christian traditions
    • Essays bridging New Testament studies and interpretation of Early Christian literature
    • Interpretations that integrate social and rhetorical interpretations
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    Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration
    A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader
    Vernon K. Robbins
    SBL Press, 2016

    Engaging resources for understanding the importance of bodies and spaces in producing and interpreting persuasive language

    This volume collects essays that represent intellectual milestones that are informing sociorhetorical interpretation during the twenty-first century. The essays are arranged into five parts: (1) Topos; (2) Cultural Geography and Critical Spatiality; (3) Rhetorolects and Conceptual Blending; (4) Rhetography; and (5) Rhetorical Force.

    Features:

    • Tools for integrating multiple approaches to biblical interpretation
    • Resources that emphasize the importance of language that prompts mental pictures in effective rhetoric
    • Essays from classicists, rhetoricians, and biblical scholars
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    front cover of Metaphor, Morality, and the Spirit in Romans 8
    Metaphor, Morality, and the Spirit in Romans 8
    1-17
    William E. W. Robinson
    SBL Press, 2016

    Engage compelling arguments that challenge prominent positions in Pauline studies

    In this innovative book, William E. W. Robinson takes the reader on a journey through Romans 8:1–17 using Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Conceptual Integration Theory. Robinson delineates the underlying cognitive metaphors, their structure, their function, what they mean, and how Paul’s audiences then and now are able to comprehend their meaning. He examines each metaphor in the light of relevant aspects of the Greco-Roman world and Paul’s Jewish background. Robinson contends that Paul portrays the Spirit as the principal agent in the religious-ethical life of believers. At the same time, his analysis demonstrates that the conceptual metaphors in Romans 8:1–17 convey the integral role of believers in ethical conduct. In the process, he addresses thorny theological issues such as whether Spirit and flesh signal an internal battle within believers or two conflicting ways of life. Finally, Robinson shows how this study is relevant to related Pauline passages and challenges scholars to incorporate these methods into their own investigation of biblical texts.

    Features:

    • Sustained argument that sheds new light on how Paul communicates with his audiences
    • Substantial contribution to current debates about central theological concepts
    • Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Conceptual Integration Theory applied to the metaphors in Romans 8:1-17
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    Didymus the Blind and the Alexandrian Christian Reception of Philo
    Justin M. Rogers
    SBL Press, 2017

    Explore the Jewish traditions preserved in the commentaries of a largely neglected Alexandrian Christian exegete

    Justin M. Rogers surveys commentaries on Genesis, Job, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, and Zechariah by Didymus the Blind (ca. 313–398 CE), who was regarded by his students as one of the greatest Christian exegetes of the fourth century. Rogers highlights Didymus’s Jewish sources, zeroing in on traditions of Philo of Alexandria, whose treatises were directly accessible to Didymus while he was authoring his exegetical works. Philonic material in Didymus is covered by extensive commentary, demonstrating that Philo was among the principle sources for the exegetical works of Didymus the Blind. Rogers also explores the mediating influence of the Alexandrian Christian tradition, focusing especially on the roles of Clement and Origen.

    Features

    • Fresh insights into the Alexandrian Christian reception of Philo
    • A thorough discussion of Didymus’s exegetical method, particularly in the Commentary on Genesis
    • Examination of the use and importance of Jewish and Christian sources in Late Antique Christian commentaries
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    Teaching the Bible
    Practical Strategies for Classroom Instruction
    Mark Roncace
    SBL Press, 2005
    While books on pedagogy in a theoretical mode have proliferated in recent years, there have been few that offer practical, specific ideas for teaching particular biblical texts. To address this need, Teaching the Bible, a collection of ideas and activities written by dozens of innovative college and seminary professors, outlines effective classroom strategies—with a focus on active learning—for the new teacher and veteran professor alike. It includes everything from ways to incorporate film, literature, art, and music to classroom writing assignments and exercises for groups and individuals. The book assumes an academic approach to the Bible but represents a wide range of methodological, theological, and ideological perspectives. This volume is an indispensable resource for anyone who teaches classes on the Bible.
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    Teaching the Bible through Popular Culture and the Arts
    Mark Roncace
    SBL Press, 2007
    This resource enables biblical studies instructors to facilitate engaging classroom experiences by drawing on the arts and popular culture. It offers brief overviews of hundreds of easily accessible examples of art, film, literature, music, and other media and outlines strategies for incorporating them effectively and concisely in the classroom. Although designed primarily for college and seminary courses on the Bible, the ideas can easily be adapted for classes such as “Theology and Literature” or “Religion and Art” as well as for nonacademic settings. This compilation is an invaluable resource for anyone who teaches the Bible.
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    Postclassical Greek and Septuagint Lexicography
    William A. Ross
    SBL Press, 2022
    A long-standing tradition within biblical scholarship sets the Greek text of the Septuagint constantly in relationship with its supposed Hebrew or Aramaic Vorlage, examining the two together in terms of their grammatical alignment as a standard. Yet another tradition frames the discussion in different terms, preferring instead to address the Septuagint first of all in light of its contemporary Greek linguistic environment and only then attempting to describe its language and style as a text. It is this latter approach that William A. Ross employs in this textually based study of the Greek versions of Judges, a so-called double text in the textual history of the Septuagint. The results of his study offer a window into the Old Greek translation and its later revision, two distinct stages of Greek Judges with numerous instances of divergent vocabulary choices that reflect deliberateness in both the original selection and the subsequent change within the textual development of the book. Ross’s study illustrates the practicalities and payoff of a Greek-oriented lexicographical method that situates the language of the Septuagint squarely within its contemporary historical and linguistic context.

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    Studies in Rabbinic Narratives, Volume 1
    Jeffrey L. Rubenstein
    SBL Press, 2021

    Explore new theoretical tools and lines of analysis of rabbinic stories

    Rabbinic literature includes hundreds of stories and brief narrative traditions. These narrative traditions often take the form of biographical anecdotes that recount a deed or event in the life of a rabbi. Modern scholars consider these narratives as didactic fictions—stories used to teach lessons, promote rabbinic values, and grapple with the tensions and conflicts of rabbinic life. Using methods drawn from literary and cultural theory, including feminist, structuralist, Marxist, and psychoanalytic methods, contributors analyze narratives from the Babylonian Talmud, midrash, Mishnah, and other rabbinic compilations to shed light on their meanings, functions, and narrative art. Contributors include Julia Watts Belser, Beth Berkowitz, Dov Kahane, Jane L. Kanarek, Tzvi Novick, James Adam Redfield, Jay Rovner, Jeffrey L. Rubenstein, Zvi Septimus, Dov Weiss, and Barry Scott Wimpfheimer.

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    Matthew within Judaism
    Israel and the Nations in the First Gospel
    Anders Runesson
    SBL Press, 2020

    In this collection of essays, leading New Testament scholars reassess the reciprocal relationship between Matthew and Second Temple Judaism. Some contributions focus on the relationship of the Matthean Jesus to torah, temple, and synagogue, while others explore theological issues of Jewish and gentile ethnicity and universalism within and behind the text.

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    The Studia Philonica Annual XXXV, 2023
    Studies in Hellenistic Judaism
    David T. Runia
    SBL Press, 2023

    The Studia Philonica Annual is a scholarly journal devoted to the study of Hellenistic Judaism, particularly the writings and thought of the Hellenistic-Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria (circa 15 BCE to circa 50 CE).

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    The Studia Philonica Annual XXX, 2018
    Studies in Hellenistic Judaism
    David T. Runia
    SBL Press, 2018

    Studies on Philo and Hellenistic Judaism from experts in the field

    The Studia Philonica Annual is a scholarly journal devoted to the study of Hellenistic Judaism, particularly the writings and thought of the Hellenistic-Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria. This volume includes five articles on topics ranging from preserved fragments of Philo to travel in Philo’s works. Nine book reviews cover recent books on Philo, Josephus, and ancient pedagogy.

    Features:

    • Articles on aspects of Hellenistic Judaism written by scholars from around the world
    • Comprehensive bibliography and book reviews
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    The Studia Philonica Annual XXXI, 2019
    Studies in Hellenistic Judaism
    David T. Runia
    SBL Press, 2019

    Studies on Philo and Hellenistic Judaism from experts in the field

    The Studia Philonica Annual is a scholarly journal devoted to the study of Hellenistic Judaism, particularly the writings and thought of the Hellenistic-Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria. This volume includes articles on allegory, Platonic interpretations of the law, rhetoric, and Philo’s thoughts on reincarnation.

    Features:

    • Articles on aspects of Hellenistic Judaism written by scholars from around the world
    • Comprehensive bibliography and book reviews
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    front cover of The Studia Philonica Annual XXXIII, 2021
    The Studia Philonica Annual XXXIII, 2021
    Studies in Hellenistic Judaism
    David T. Runia
    SBL Press, 2021

    Studies on Philo and Hellenistic Judaism from experts in the field

    The Studia Philonica Annual is a scholarly journal devoted to the study of Hellenistic Judaism, particularly the writings and thought of the Hellenistic-Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria (circa 15 BCE to circa 50 CE). Volume 33 includes a special section on the history of editions of Philo, five general articles on Philo’s work, an annotated bibliography, and thirteen book reviews.

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    front cover of The Studia Philonica Annual XXXIV, 2022
    The Studia Philonica Annual XXXIV, 2022
    Studies in Hellenistic Judaism
    David T. Runia
    SBL Press, 2022
    The Studia Philonica Annual is a scholarly journal devoted to the study of Hellenistic Judaism, particularly the writings and thought of the Hellenistic-Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria (circa 15 BCE to circa 50 CE).
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    The Studia Philonica Annual XXXII, 2020
    Studies in Hellenistic Judaism
    David T. Runia
    SBL Press, 2021

    Celebrate the contributions of Gregory E. Sterling

    Harold W. Attridge, Ellen Birnbaum, Adela Yarbro Collins, John J. Collins, Michael B. Cover, Jan Willem van Henten, Carl R. Holladay, Andrew McGowan, Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr, Maren R. Niehoff, James R. Royse, and David T. Runia offer essays honoring Professor Gregory E. Sterling in this special edition of the The Studia Philonica Annual. This volume includes a biography of Sterling’s life by David T. Runia and a bibliography of Sterling’s scholarship by Michael B. Cover. Essays cover a range of topics on Philo, the Bible, and Josephus.

    Features:

    • Articles on aspects of Hellenistic Judaism written by scholars from around the world
    • Comprehensive bibliography of scholarship on Philo
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    Studia Philonica Annual XXIV, 2012
    David T. Runia
    SBL Press, 2012
    The Studia Philonica Annual is a scholarly journal devoted to furthering the study of Hellenistic Judaism, and in particular the writings and thought of the Hellenistic-Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria (circa 15 B.C.E. to circa 50 C.E.).
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    Studia Philonica Annual XXV, 2013
    David T. Runia
    SBL Press, 2013
    The Studia Philonica Annual is a scholarly journal devoted to the study of Hellenistic Judaism, particularly the writings and thought of the Hellenistic-Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria (circa 15 B.C.E. to circa 50 C.E.).
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    Studia Philonica Annual XXVI, 2014
    David T. Runia
    SBL Press, 2014

    The best current research on Philo and Hellenistic Judaism

    The Studia Philonica Annual is a scholarly journal devoted to the study of Hellenistic Judaism, particularly the writings and thought of the Hellenistic-Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria (circa 15 BCE to circa 50 CE).

    Features:

    • Articles on aspects of Hellenistic Judaism written by experts in the field
    • Bibliography
    • Book reviews
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    front cover of The Studia Philonica Annual XXVII, 2015
    The Studia Philonica Annual XXVII, 2015
    Studies in Hellenistic Judaism
    David T. Runia
    SBL Press, 2015

    The best current research on Philo and Hellenistic Judaism

    The Studia Philonica Annual is a scholarly journal devoted to the study of Hellenistic Judaism, particularly the writings and thought of the Hellenistic-Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria (circa 15 BCE to circa 50 CE).

    Features:

    • Articles on aspects of Hellenistic Judaism written by experts in the field
    • Bibliography
    • Book reviews
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    front cover of The Studia Philonica Annual XXIX, 2017
    The Studia Philonica Annual XXIX, 2017
    Studies in Hellenistic Judaism
    David T. Runia
    SBL Press, 2017

    The best current research on Philo and Hellenistic Judaism

    The Studia Philonica Annual is a scholarly journal devoted to the study of Hellenistic Judaism, particularly the writings and thought of the Hellenistic-Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria (circa 15 BCE to circa 50 CE). This volume includes a soecial section on Philo's De plantatione.

    Features:

    • Articles on aspects of Hellenistic Judaism written by experts in the field
    • Bibliography
    • Book reviews
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    front cover of The Studia Philonica Annual XXVIII, 2016
    The Studia Philonica Annual XXVIII, 2016
    Studies in Hellenistic Judaism
    David T. Runia
    SBL Press, 2016

    Celebrate the contributions of David T. Runia

    The Studia Philonica Annual is a scholarly journal devoted to the study of Hellenistic Judaism, particularly the writings and thought of the Hellenistic-Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria. More than fifteen scholars from around the world offer contributions to this special edition of the Annual in honor of Professor David T. Runia on the occasion of his 65th birthday and retirement from his post as Master of Queens College, University of Melbourne. Professor Runia is internationally recognized as one of the world's foremost experts on Philo of Alexandria. As founder of The Studia Philonica Annual, he has been editor or coeditor for twenty-seven years. He initiated a Philo Bibliography project prior to the Annual and incorporated the bibliography into the Annual from the outset. It serves as the primary bibliography for Philonic studies worldwide.

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    Tradition and Innovation
    English and German Studies on the Septuagint
    Martin Rösel
    SBL Press, 2018

    Explore the opportunities and challenges of Septuagint studies

    Recent research into the Septuagint has revealed numerous examples of modifications of the meaning of the Hebrew text in the course of its translation into Greek. This collection of essays by one of the leading scholars on the Septuagint shows how complex the translation of individual books was, provides reasons for differences between the Hebrew and Greek Bibles, and paves the way for a theology of the Septuagint. Articles introduce the field of Septuagint studies, the problem of the Letter of Aristeas, and the Hellenistic environment and the hermeneutics of Hellenistic Judaism.

    Features:

    • A methodological discussion of whether and how a theology of the Septuagint can be written
    • Essays introducing the field of Septuagint studies and its Hellenistic environment and the hermeneutics of Hellenistic Judaism
    • Fifteen English and German essays covering twenty-five years of Septuagint research
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