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The Studia Philonica Annual is a scholarly journal devoted to
furthuring the study of Hellenistic Judaism, and in particular of
the writings and thought of the great Hellenistic-Jewish writer
Philo of Alexandria (circa 15 B.C.E. to circa 50 C.E.). The Journal
appears annually in November and is available at the annual meeting
of the Society of Biblical Literature held in that month .
The essays gathered here provide a panoramic view of current
thinking on biblical texts that play important roles in
contemporary struggles for social justice - either as inspiration
or impediment. Here, from the hands of an ecumenical array of
leading biblical scholars, are fresh and compelling resources for
thinking biblically about what justice is and what it demands.
Individual essays treat key debates, themes, and texts, locating
each within its historical and cultural settings while also linking
them to the most pressing justice concerns of the twenty-first
century. The volume aims to challenge academic and ecclesiastical
complacency and highlight key avenues for future scholarship and
action.
Israeli Jews' response to and appropriation of Greek culture is the
subject of the essays in this rich volume. Contributors provide
evidence of Greek cultural influence in Judea and Galilee, from
before the Maccabean revolt into the rabbinic period. They also
probe the limits of that influence, the persistence of Semitic
languages and thought patterns, and the exclusiveness of Jewish
religion. While Greek thought had a significant impact on Judaism,
Jews remained distinct in the Greco-Roman world. Hellenistic
Judaism's relationship to Greek culture was never simply one of
assimilation or repudiation. Similarly, the Hebrew and
Aramaic-speaking Judaism of the homeland remained distinct from the
Hellenistic Judaism of the Diaspora.
The essays gathered here provide a panoramic view of current
thinking on biblical texts that play important roles in
contemporary struggles for social justice - either as inspiration
or impediment. Here, from the hands of an ecumenical array of
leading biblical scholars, are fresh and compelling resources for
thinking biblically about what justice is and what it demands.
Individual essays treat key debates, themes, and texts, locating
each within its historical and cultural settings while also linking
them to the most pressing justice concerns of the twenty-first
century. The volume aims to challenge academic and ecclesiastical
complacency and highlight key avenues for future scholarship and
action.
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