The Reception of Philo of Alexandria

Courtney J. P. Friesen, Associate Professor, Religious Studies and Classics, University of Arizona,David Lincicum, Associate Professor of Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity, University of Notre Dame,David T. Runia, Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne

Courtney J. P. Friesen received his Ph.D. in Classical and Near Eastern Studies from the University of Minnesota in 2013 and was Instructor of Greek in the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford from 2013 to 2015. Since 2015 he has been at the University of Arizona and is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Classics. His first book, Reading Dionysus (2015), explored ancient receptions of Euripides' Bacchae and he has a forthcoming volume entitled Playing Gods, Acting Heroes, and the Interaction between Judaism, Christianity, and Greek Drama in the Early Common Era.

David Lincicum received his D.Phil. in New Testament from the University of Oxford, then served as Departmental Lecturer (2009-2011), Leverhulme Early Career Fellow (2011-2012), and Associate Professor of New Testament Studies (2012-2015) at the University of Oxford, and as G. B. Caird Fellow in Theology at Mansfield College, Oxford (2012-2015) before coming to the University of Notre Dame in 2015, where he is now Associate Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity.

David T. Runia studied Classics at the University of Melbourne and was awarded the degree of Litt.D. at the Free University, Amsterdam in 1983. He was De Vogel Professor of Ancient and Patristic Philosophy at Utrecht University in 1991-1999, Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at Leiden University in 1992-2002, Master of Queen's College at the University of Melbourne in 2002-2016, and Director of the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at the Australian Catholic University in 2017-2018. He now lives in retirement in Melbourne, Australia.

Introduction, Courtney J. P. Friesen, David Lincicum, and David T. RuniaPart One: The First Centuries1. Flavius Josephus, Katell Berthelot2. The New Testament, Torrey Seland3. Apostolic Fathers and Early Christian Apologists, James Carleton Paget4. Clement of Alexandria, Annewies van den Hoek5. Origen of Alexandria, Michael B. Cover6. Gnosticism, M. David Litwa7. Ancient Platonic Philosophy, Gregory E. Sterling8. Rabbinic Judaism, Steven D. FraadePart Two: Late Antiquity9. Eusebius, Sabrina Inowlocki10. Didymus the Blind, Justin Rogers11. The Cappadocians, Albert C. Geljon12. Isidore of Pelusium, Madalina Toca and Johan Leemans13. Ambrose, Maria E. Doerfler14. Jerome, Matthew A. Kraus15. Augustine, Ilaria L. E. RamelliPart Three: The Middle Ages16. The Greek and Latin Manuscript Traditions, James R. Royse17. Medieval Jewish Philosophy and Mysticism, Elke Morlok and Ze'ev Strauss18. Armenian Christianity, Olga Vardazaryan19. Christian Arabic Literature, Alexander Treiger20. Byzantium, David T. Runia21. The Latin West from 500 to 1500 CE, David T. Runia and Frans van LierePart Four: The Renaissance and Early Modern Period22. Early Printed Editions of Philo's Works, David T. Runia, Gregory E. Sterling and Michael B. Cover23. The Jewish Rediscovery of Philo in Early Modern Europe, Joanna Weinberg24. Post-Tridentine Catholic Thought, Eric J. DeMeuse25. Thomas Mangey and Philonic Scholarship from the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries, Giovanni Benedetto26. German Philosophy, 1650-1850, Dirk WesterkampPart Five: From the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries27. The Rise of New Testament Criticism, David Lincicum28. The Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah), Ze'ev Strauss29. The Wissenschaft des Judentums, Görge K. Hasselhoff30. Modern Literature from the 19th to the 21st Century, David T. RuniaPart Six: Contemporary Perspectives31. Contemporary Receptions and Future Prospects Among Classicists, Courtney J. P. Friesen32. Contemporary Receptions and Future Prospects Among Historians of Philosophy, Gretchen Reydams-Schils33. Contemporary Receptions and Future Prospects Among Scholars of Judaism, Ellen Birnbaum34. Contemporary Receptions and Future Prospects Among Scholars of Christianity, Mark Edwards35. Bibliographies on Philo, David T. RuniaBibliographyIndex