A Vision of the Days: Studies in Early Jewish History and Historiography. In Honor of Daniel R. Schwartz, ed. Robert Brody, Noah Hacham, Jan Willem van Henten, and Meron Piotrkowski. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 213 , 2024
„Trinkt von dem Wein, den ich mischte!“ // „Drink of the wine which I have mingled!.“ Festschrift for Silvia Schroer, ed. N. Rahn, S. Münger, P. Wyssmann (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2023). , 2023
In 1947 Harry Austryn Wolfson published his massive and revisionary Philo: Foundations of Religio... more In 1947 Harry Austryn Wolfson published his massive and revisionary Philo: Foundations of Religious Philosophy in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. With the book, Wolfson aimed at proving that Philo was an innovative and highly influential philosopher—by no means an isolated Jew of no consequence to the history of philosophy. As becomes clear from numerous letters written to Wolfson on the occasion of the publication of the book and stored at the Harvard University Archives, for Jewish readers Wolfson’s proposed rehabilitation of Philo could provide a point of orientation. It served as a source of comfort and of pride in the post-war years. While the main thesis of Wolfson’s book, Philo as the precursor of medieval philosophy, was rejected by most scholars of Philo and ancient philosophy, the letters and notes discussed in this article show that much more was at stake than a purely academic discussion.
K. Schlapbach (Hg.), Aspects of Roman Dance Culture: Religious Cults, Theatrical Entertainments, Metaphorical Appropriations. Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2022
A Vision of the Days: Studies in Early Jewish History and Historiography. In Honor of Daniel R. Schwartz, ed. Robert Brody, Noah Hacham, Jan Willem van Henten, and Meron Piotrkowski. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 213 , 2024
„Trinkt von dem Wein, den ich mischte!“ // „Drink of the wine which I have mingled!.“ Festschrift for Silvia Schroer, ed. N. Rahn, S. Münger, P. Wyssmann (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2023). , 2023
In 1947 Harry Austryn Wolfson published his massive and revisionary Philo: Foundations of Religio... more In 1947 Harry Austryn Wolfson published his massive and revisionary Philo: Foundations of Religious Philosophy in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. With the book, Wolfson aimed at proving that Philo was an innovative and highly influential philosopher—by no means an isolated Jew of no consequence to the history of philosophy. As becomes clear from numerous letters written to Wolfson on the occasion of the publication of the book and stored at the Harvard University Archives, for Jewish readers Wolfson’s proposed rehabilitation of Philo could provide a point of orientation. It served as a source of comfort and of pride in the post-war years. While the main thesis of Wolfson’s book, Philo as the precursor of medieval philosophy, was rejected by most scholars of Philo and ancient philosophy, the letters and notes discussed in this article show that much more was at stake than a purely academic discussion.
K. Schlapbach (Hg.), Aspects of Roman Dance Culture: Religious Cults, Theatrical Entertainments, Metaphorical Appropriations. Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2022
Torah, Temple, Land Constructions of Judaism in Antiquity: Constructions of Judaism in Antiquity. Edited by Markus Witte, Jens Schröter, and Verena Lepper. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2021
In: Th. E. Levy/Th. Schneider/W.H.C. Propp (Hgg.), Israel's Exodus in Transdisciplinary Perspective - Text, Archaeology, Culture, and Geoscience. New York 2015, 357-364.
For Jewish-Hellenistic authors writing in Egypt, the Exodus story posed unique challenges. After ... more For Jewish-Hellenistic authors writing in Egypt, the Exodus story posed unique challenges. After all, to them Egypt was, as Philo of Alexandria states, their fatherland. How do these authors come to terms with the biblical story of liberation from Egyptian slavery and the longing for the promised land? In this chapter I am taking a close look at Philo's detailed discussion of the Exodus and locate it within the larger context of Jewish-Hellenistic literature (Wisdom of Solomon, Ezekiel's Exagoge). In Philo's rewriting of the Exodus the destination of the journey is barely mentioned. Contrary to the biblical narrative, in the scene of the burning bush, as retold by Philo, God does not tell Moses where to go. Philo's main concern is what happens in Egypt: both in biblical times and in his own days. The Exodus is nevertheless important to Philo: He reads the story allegorically as a journey from the land of the body to the realms of the mind. Such a symbolic reading permitted him to control the meaning of the Exodus and to stay, literally and figuratively, in Egypt.
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"Out of Egypt: Israel's Exodus Between Text and Memory, History and Imag... more UCSD EXODUS CONFERENCE "Out of Egypt: Israel's Exodus Between Text and Memory, History and Imagination" May 31 -- June 1, 2013
Revue internationale de la géographie historique du monde antique Rivista internazionale di geogr... more Revue internationale de la géographie historique du monde antique Rivista internazionale di geogra a storica del mondo antico
Judaica. Neue digitale Folge (JNDF) ist eine 2019 gegründete wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift mit Pe... more Judaica. Neue digitale Folge (JNDF) ist eine 2019 gegründete wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift mit Peer Review zu allen Bereichen der Jüdischen Studien von der Antike bis zur Moderne. JNDF ist eine Nachfolgezeitschrift der Judaica. Beiträge zum Verstehen des Judentums (hg. v. ZIID Zürcher Institut für interreligiösen Dialog), die in 74 Jahrgängen als Printversion erschien. Die neue Judaica veröffentlicht Artikel und Rezensionen in deutscher, französischer und englischer Sprache. Wie ihre Vorgängerzeitschrift hat sie einen starken Bezug zur Judaistik der Schweizer Universitäten, steht aber selbstredend allen als wissenschaftliche Plattform offen. Redaktionssitz ist das Institut für Judaistik der Universität Bern. JNDF verwendet ein kontinuierliches Publikationsmodell. Beiträge werden laufend publiziert, sobald sie den Redaktionsprozess durchlaufen haben.
In: Figures de Moïse: Les différentes facettes d’un personnage. Le Monde la Bible (e-book). Pari... more In: Figures de Moïse: Les différentes facettes d’un personnage. Le Monde la Bible (e-book). Paris 2015, 29-47.
Vortrag im Collegium Generale der Universität Bern, 5. April 2016. Im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe "F... more Vortrag im Collegium Generale der Universität Bern, 5. April 2016. Im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe "Flucht, Migration, Integration"
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Books by René Bloch
Introduction
Acknowledgments
I. Moses and Exodus
1. Alexandria in Pharaonic Egypt: Projections in De vita Mosis
2. Moses and the Charlatans: On the Charge of γόης καὶ ἀπατεών in Contra Apionem 2.145, 161
3. Moses: Motherless with Two Mothers
4. Leaving Home: Philo of Alexandria on the Exodus
II. Places and Ruins
5. Geography without Territory: Tacitus’s Digression on the Jews and its Ethnographic Context
6. Show and Tell: Myth, Tourism, and Jewish Hellenism
7. What if the Temple of Jerusalem Had not Been Destroyed by the Romans?
III. Theatre and Myth
8. Philo’s Struggle with Jewish Myth
9. Part of the Scene: Jewish Theatre in Antiquity
10. Take Your Time: Conversion, Confidence and Tranquility in Joseph and Aseneth
IV. Antisemitism and Reception
11. Antisemitism and Early Scholarship on Ancient Antisemitism
12. A Leap into the Void: The Philo-Lexikon and Jewish-German Hellenism
13. Tacitus’s Excursus on the Jews over the Centuries: An Overview of the History of its Reception
14. Polytheism and Monotheism in Antiquity: On Jan Assmann’s Critique of Monotheism
15. Testa incognita: The History of the Pseudo-Josephus Bust in Copenhagen
Index of cited passages
Index of names
Index of subjects
Papers by René Bloch
Introduction
Acknowledgments
I. Moses and Exodus
1. Alexandria in Pharaonic Egypt: Projections in De vita Mosis
2. Moses and the Charlatans: On the Charge of γόης καὶ ἀπατεών in Contra Apionem 2.145, 161
3. Moses: Motherless with Two Mothers
4. Leaving Home: Philo of Alexandria on the Exodus
II. Places and Ruins
5. Geography without Territory: Tacitus’s Digression on the Jews and its Ethnographic Context
6. Show and Tell: Myth, Tourism, and Jewish Hellenism
7. What if the Temple of Jerusalem Had not Been Destroyed by the Romans?
III. Theatre and Myth
8. Philo’s Struggle with Jewish Myth
9. Part of the Scene: Jewish Theatre in Antiquity
10. Take Your Time: Conversion, Confidence and Tranquility in Joseph and Aseneth
IV. Antisemitism and Reception
11. Antisemitism and Early Scholarship on Ancient Antisemitism
12. A Leap into the Void: The Philo-Lexikon and Jewish-German Hellenism
13. Tacitus’s Excursus on the Jews over the Centuries: An Overview of the History of its Reception
14. Polytheism and Monotheism in Antiquity: On Jan Assmann’s Critique of Monotheism
15. Testa incognita: The History of the Pseudo-Josephus Bust in Copenhagen
Index of cited passages
Index of names
Index of subjects
"Out of Egypt: Israel's Exodus Between Text and Memory, History and Imagination"
May 31 -- June 1, 2013
https://www.lbi.org/events/jewish-life-in-late-antiquity-deutsch-feb-19/
https://judaica.ch/