Philo and the church fathers : : a collection of papers / / by David T. Runia.

• Superior document: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, v. 32
• Author: Runia, David T.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1995.
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Language: English
• Series: Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements 32.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 275 pages)

The extensive writings of the Jewish philosopher and exegete Philo of Alexandria (15 BCE to 50 CE) were preserved through the efforts of early Christians, who decided that these works could assist them in developing their own distinctive kind of thought. The present collection of papers, written from 1989 to 1994, is published as a companion volume to the author's monograph Philo in Early Christian Literature: A Survey (1993). The papers deal with various aspects of the process of reception that Philo received at the hands of the Church Fathers. Authors who are given particular attention are Athenagoras, Clement, Origen, Basil, Gregory of Nyssa, Isidore of Pelusium and Augustine. The papers also include a hitherto unpublished English translation of the author's inaugural lecture held at Utrecht in April 1992.

Table of Contents

Preliminary material / David T. Runia -- PLATONISM, PHILONISM, AND THE BEGINNINGS OF CHRISTIAN THOUGHT / David T. Runia -- PHILONIC NOMENCLATURE / David T. Runia -- WHY DOES CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA CALL PHILO 'THE PYTHAGOREAN'? / David T. Runia -- UNDERNEATH COHN AND COLSON: THE TEXT OF PHILO'S DE VIRTUTIBUS / David T. Runia -- VERBA PHILONICA, 'AҐAΛMATOΦOPEIN, AND THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE DE RESURRECTIONE ATTRIBUTED TO ATHENAGORAS / J .C. M. van Winden septuagenario -- PHILO AND ORIGEN: A PRELIMINARY SURVEY / David T. Runia -- 'WHERE, TELL ME, IS THE JEW ...?': BASIL, PHILO AND ISIDORE OF PELUSIUM / David T. Runia -- A NOTE ON PHILO AND CHRISTIAN HERESY / David T. Runia -- PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA IN FIVE LETTERS OF ISIDORE OF PELUSIUM / David T. Runia -- WITNESS OR PARTICIPANT? PHILO AND THE NEOPLATONIST TRADITION / David T. Runia -- GOD OF THE PHILOSOPHERS, GOD OF THE PATRIARCHS: EXEGETICAL BACKGROUNDS IN PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA / David T. Runia -- CONFRONTING THE AUGEAN STABLES: ROYSE'S FRA GMENTA SPUR/A PHILONICA / David T. Runia -- REFERENCES TO PHILO FROM JOSEPHUS UP TO 1000 AD / David T. Runia -- AN INDEX TO COHN-WENDLAND'S APPARATUS TESTIMONIORUM / David T. Runia -- ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA / David T. Runia -- INDICES / David T. Runia.