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The Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity, Bibliography D. Patte, Editor, Vanderbilt University PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA. GREGORY E. STERLING Works by Philo of Alexandria L. Cohn, P. Wendland, S. Reiter, and I. Leisegang, eds. Philonis Alexandrini opera quae supersunt. 7 vols. Berlin: Reimer, 1896-1930 (2d ed. 1962). F. H. Colson, G. H. Whitaker, and R. Markus, eds. Philo. 10 vols. and 2 supplementary vols. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1929-62. (English Translation) Includes Philo’s Commentaries: The Questions and Answers. A “zetematic work” that uses questions and answers to work through the texts of Genesis 2:4-28:9 (QG 1-4) and Exodus 6:2-30:10 (QE 1-2). The Allegorical Commentary, a series of consecutive treatises, emphasizes the allegory of the soul in the interpretation of Genesis 2:1-41:24 (Alleg. Interpret. 1-3, Cherubim, Sacrifices, Worse, Posterity, Giants and Unchangeable, Agriculture, Planting, Drunkenness 1-2 (one lost), Sobriety, Confusion, Migration, Heir, Prelim. Studies, Flight, Names, Dreams 1-5 (only 2-3 are extant). The Exposition of the Law. A thematic commentary on the law spans the entire Pentateuch (Rewards 1-3), more like rewritten Bible than a commentary proper (Creation, Abraham, Joseph, Decalogue, Spec. Laws 1-4, Virtues, Rewards). G. E. Sterling, ed. The Philo of Alexandria Commentary Series. Leiden: Brill, 2001 –. Bibliographies: R. Radice, and D. T. Runia, eds. Philo of Alexandria: An Annotated Bibliography 1937-1986. Leiden: Brill, 1988. D. T. Runia, ed. Philo of Alexandria: An Annotated Bibliography 1987-1996. Leiden: Brill, 2000. Journal: D. T. Runia, and G. E. Sterling, eds. The Studia Philonica Annual. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 1989 –. Monographs on Philo:

P. Borgen. Philo of Alexandria: An Exegete for His Time. Leiden: Brill, 1997. J. M. Dillon. The Middle Platonists, 80 B.C. to A.D. 220. Rev. ed. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1996. E. R. Goodenough. By Light, Light: The Mystic Gospel of Hellenistic Judaism. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1935. V. Nikiprowetzky. Le Commentaire de l’Écriture chez Philon d’Alexandrie: Son Caractère et sa Portée; Observations Philologiques. Leiden: Brill, 1977. D. T. Runia. Philo of Alexandria and the Timaeus of Plato. Leiden: Brill, 1986. D. T. Runia. Philo in Early Christian Literature: A Survey. Assen: Van Gorcum; Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993. T. H. Tobin. The Creation of Man: Philo and the History of Interpretation. Washington, D.C.: Catholic Biblical Association of America, 1983. D. Winston. Logos and Mystical Theology in Philo of Alexandria. Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press/Hoboken, N. J.: KTAV, 1985. H. A. Wolfson. Philo: Foundations of Religious Philosophy in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. 2 vols. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1948.