Philo's Flaccus
Biographical note
Pieter W. van der Horst, Ph.D. (1978) in Theology, is Professor of New Testament and the Jewish and Hellenistic world of Early Christianity at Utrecht University. He published hundreds of articles and books on a wide variety of subjects in this field, the most recent of which is Japheth in the Tents of Shem: Studies on Jewish Hellenism in Antiquity (Peeters, 2002).
Reviews
'The main part of the book is a detailed philological and historical commentary on Philo’s text. The commentary is very well written and structured and guides the reader paragraph by paragraph and word by word through the 191 paragraphs of the treatise with a clear focus on its structure, its main contents, and the many references to the sequence of events that led to the pogrom as well as to important parallels in contemporary writings. The thoroughness and usefulness of the commentary is also reflected in the extensive indices, not only on passages in Philonic, biblical, early Jewish, and Christian and Greco-Roman works, but also on subjects and names, including Greek terms.
Once again, van der Horst has impressively confirmed his expertise in the field of early Judaism.'
Gerbern Oegema, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
'...learned and welcome commentary...The commentary admirably brings to life the historical context narrated in the treatise.'
Kenneth A. Fox, Novum Testamentum, 2010
Once again, van der Horst has impressively confirmed his expertise in the field of early Judaism.'
Gerbern Oegema, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
'...learned and welcome commentary...The commentary admirably brings to life the historical context narrated in the treatise.'
Kenneth A. Fox, Novum Testamentum, 2010
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