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The Studia Philonica annual. studies in Hellenistic Judaism /

Subjects: “…Philo, of Alexandria.…”
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Jewish cult and Hellenistic culture essays on the Jewish encounter with Hellenism and Roman rule / by Collins, John Joseph, 1946-

Subjects: “…Philo, of Alexandria.…”
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Past renewals interpretative authority, renewed revelation, and the quest for perfection in Jewish antiquity / by Najman, Hindy

Table of Contents: “…-- Angels at Sinai: exegesis, theology and interpretive authority -- Towards a study of the uses of the concept of wilderness in ancient Judaism -- Between heaven and earth: liminal visions in 4 Ezra -- Philosophical contemplation and revelatory inspiration in ancient Judean traditions -- Reconsidering Jubilees: prophecy and exemplarity -- Cain and Abel as character traits: a study in the allegorical typology of Philo of Alexandria -- The quest for perfection in ancient Judaism -- How should we contextualize pseudepigrapha? …”
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Exploring the scripturesque Jewish texts and their Christian contexts / by Kraft, Robert A.

Table of Contents: “…Tiberius Julius Alexander and the crisis in Alexandria according to Josephus.…”
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'You are a priest forever' Second Temple Jewish messianism and the priestly christology of the Epistle to the Hebrews / by Mason, Eric Farrel

Table of Contents: “…Hebrews' presentation of Jesus as High Priest -- Jesus as 'pioneer' or 'forerunner' -- Jesus as 'Son' and 'Son of God' -- Jesus as 'priest' and 'high priest' -- Hebrews 1:1-14 -- Hebrews 2:5-18 -- Hebrews 4:14-5:10 -- Hebrews 7 -- Hebrews 8-10 -- Previous theories of the background of the motif -- Largely original to the author of Hebrews -- Dependent on early Christian theology and exegesis -- Dependent on gnostic mythology -- Dependent on the thought of Philo of Alexandria -- Messianic priest traditions in Second Temple Judaism -- Messianic expectations at qumran -- Identification of 'messianic' figures at Qumran -- Evolutionary development of messianic conceptions at Qumran -- The messianic priest in the qumran texts -- Rule of the community and Damascus document -- Rule of the congregation -- Rule of the blessings -- War scroll -- Forilegium (4Q174) and Catenaa (4Q177) -- Testimonia (4Q175) -- Other possible references to a messianic priest -- Antecedents to the Qumran expectations of a messianic priest -- Aramaic Levi document -- Jubilees -- Ttestament of Levi -- Significance of the Levi priestly tradition -- Angelomorphic christology Melchizedek traditions in Second Temple Judaism -- Melchizedek in the Hebrew Scriptures and the Septuagint -- Genesis 14:18-20 -- Psalm 110:4 -- Melchizedek in nonbiblical Second Temple Jewish literature -- Genesis apocryphon -- Jubilees -- Pseudo-eupolemus -- Philo of Alexandria -- Melchizedek in the texts of the Qumran community -- Songs of the Sabbath sacrifice -- Visions of Amram -- Melchizedek -- The priestly christology of Hebrews and Qumran traditions -- A narrative theology of Hebrews -- Comparison with Qumran traditions -- Hebrews and the priestly messianism of Qumran -- Hebrews and the Melchizedek traditions of Qumran.…”
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