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- Philo of Alexandria and the "Timaeus" of Plato.David T. Runia -1986 - Leiden: Brill.CHAPTER ONE AIM AND STRUCTURE OF THE STUDY About ten years before his death the Athenian philosopher Plato, securely settled in the Academy which he had ...
- Aëtiana V (4 vols.): An Edition of the Reconstructed Text of thePlacita with a Commentary and a Collection of Related Texts.Jaap Mansfeld &David Runia (eds.) -2020 - BRILL.A new reconstruction and edition of the _Placita_ of Aëtius (ca. 50 CE), arguably the most important work of ancient doxography covering the entire field of natural philosophy. Accompanied by a full commentary, it replaces the seminal edition of Herman Diels (1879).No categories
- Philo in early Christian literature: a survey.David T. Runia -1993 - Minneapolis: Fortress Press.It is a remarkable fact that the writings of Philo, the Jew from Alexandria, were preserved because they were taken up in the Christian tradition. But the story of how this process of reception and appropriation took place has never been systematically research. In this book the author first examines how Philo's works are related to the New Testament and the earliest Chritian writing, and then how they were used by Greek and Latin church fathers up to 400 c.e., with (...) special attention to the contributions of Clement, Origen, Didymus, Eusebius, Gregory of Nyssa, Ambrose, and Augstine. Philo in Early Christian Literature is a valuable guide to the state of scholarly research on a subject that has thus far been investigated in a rather piecemeal fashion. (shrink)
- Xenophanes on the moon: a doxographicum in Aëtius.David T. Runia -1989 -Phronesis 34 (1):245-269.
- The sources of presocratic philosophy.David T. Runia -2008 - In Patricia Curd & Daniel W. Graham,The Oxford Handbook of Presocratic Philosophy. Oxford University Press USA.Between about 2,600 and 2,400 years ago, a group of men lived whose thought formed the beginning of the discipline of philosophy. All contemporary material records of these men have disappeared, with the possible exception of a piece of a statue and some likenesses on early coins and vases. The very notion that these philosophers can be best understood as Presocratics is redolent with interpretative interventions. Although this view is not without ancient precedents, the driving force behind its dominance in (...) the twentieth century was the great achievement of the German classical scholar Hermann Diels, which exercises authority to this day. The aim of this article is to examine the sources for Presocratic philosophy. It commences with the dominant legacy of Diels. Thereafter, it examines various strands of transmission streamlined by Diels. Finally, it reaches some tentative conclusions on what should be the way forward in future research. (shrink)
- Polyhistor: Studies in the History and Historiography of Ancient Philosophy. Presented to Jaap Mansfeld on His Sixtieth Birthday.Keimpe Algra,Pieter W. Van der Horst &Douwe Runia (eds.) -1996 - New York: Brill.During the past three decades the Utrecht scholar Jaap Mansfeld has built up a formidable reputation in the field of the history of ancient philosophy. This state-of-the-art collection of articles is presented to him by colleagues and friends on his sixtieth birthday.
- Atheists in Aëtius Text, Translation and Comments on De Placitis 1.7.1-10.David T. Runia -1996 -Mnemosyne 49 (5):542-576.No categories
- Philo and the early Christian fathers.David T. Runia -2009 - In Adam Kamesar,The Cambridge companion to Philo. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Aëtiana: The Method and Intellectual Context of a Doxographer, Volume I, the Sources.Jaap Mansfeld &Douwe Runia -1990 - Brill.This ground-breaking study offers the first full-length critical examination of H. Diel's Doxographi Graeci , focussing on the doxographer Aëtius, whose work Diels reconstructed from various later sources. Diel's theory is analysed, revised and improved at significant points.
- Was Philo a Middle Platonist? a Difficult Question Revisited.D. Runia -1993 -The Studia Philonica Annual 5:112-140.
- The Theme of Flight and Exile in the Allegorical Thought -World o f Philo of Alexandria.David Runia -2009 -The Studia Philonica Annual 21:1-24.Export citation
Bookmark - Philo in Early Christian Literature: A Survey.Harold W. Attridge &David T. Runia -1995 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 115 (4):713.No categories
- The Idea and the Reality of the City in the Thought of Philo of Alexandria.David T. Runia -2000 -Journal of the History of Ideas 61 (3):361-379.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Journal of the History of Ideas 61.3 (2000) 361-379 [Access article in PDF] The Idea and the Reality of the City in the Thought of Philo of Alexandria * David T. Runia The theme of my paper is the conception of the city as a social and cultural phenomenon held by the Jewish exegete and philosopher Philo of Alexandria (15 bc to 50 ad). There can be no doubt (...) that the city occupied a central position in his own life. As an inhabitant of Alexandria he was thoroughly immersed in a highly urbanized form of life. From a more theoretical angle the city has an important place in his thought because of what it represents: of all physical products of human activity the city is the largest and most complex (here there is in fact little difference between Philo and us, although there is an obvious difference in scale). It is not my aim to examine Philo's political philosophy, i.e., his views on how the city should be governed, nor his views on the actual political administration of the Roman Empire in his time. These subjects have already been treated with sufficient competence by others. 1 I will argue that, though as an Alexandrian Philo was very much a homo urbanus, he nevertheless reveals a significant ambivalence towards the city. This attitude is related to his dual ideological background (Jewish and Greek), and anticipates developments in later antiquity.As always in the case of Philo, it is necessary to reflect on the methodology that should be used to reach our aim. True to his usual method, Philo nowhere examines the nature of the city in a sustained way. It is necessary to cull statements from many different places in his various works. For his views on living in the city of Alexandria we can examine his historical treatises. A more theoretical perspective is gained from his exegetical and philosophical works; but these, too, are not wholly devoid of topical remarks, such as the famous text in [End Page 361] which he complains that he has had to exchange the contemplative life for immersion in the maelstrom of Alexandrian political life (De specialibus legibus 3.1-6).In the analysis of the numerous texts in which Philo speaks of the city, it would be a mistake to try to compartmentalize his thought too much, i.e., to make a sharp distinction between historical-apologetic and exegetical-philosophical modes of thinking. It is true that Philo devotes the greatest part of his oeuvre to giving exegesis of the Law of Moses. But for him this is far from a merely antiquarian exercise. Philo is convinced of the universal relevance of the Pentateuch for both Jew and Gentile, including those who live in a complex urban environment utterly different from the circumstances of tent-dwelling Patriarchs or itinerant Israelites. The Law, it is assumed, represents the constitution of a Mosaic politeia deserving of universal admiration. So when Philo speaks of the city in his exegesis of Mosaic texts, his remarks may well be relevant to our theme. This applies also to allegorical forms of interpretation. The method of allegory enables him to bring forward the more theoretical and "philosophical" aspects of the theme.It remains a problem that our material consists of a large number of scattered and episodic remarks. These can be assembled together into the shape of a plausible and informative picture, but the aspect of a scholarly construct cannot be entirely avoided. There are compensations in Philo's case through the sheer volume of the material he has left behind. This lessens the chance that we should attribute too much significance to what may be no more than casual remarks. We should, however, have no illusions about the extent to which we can pene-trate behind the facade of his works. These were not written with the motive of disclosing his personal views on a wide scale of issues. The personality of Philo the Alexandrian Jew remains largely hidden from view... (shrink)
- An Index locorum to Billings.A. Geljon &D. Runia -1995 -The Studia Philonica Annual 7:169-185.No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- Philo of Alexandria: On Cultivation: Introduction, Translation and Commentary.Albert C. Geljon &David Runia -2012 - Brill.This treatise deals with Philo's allegory of Genesis 9:20 (And Noah began to be a husbandman). The first part of the treatise deals with Noah as a someone who "cultivates" the soul, and the second part with Noah as one who has set out on the path towards spiritual and ethical perfection.
- Aëtiana IV: Papers of the Melbourne Colloquium on Ancient Doxography.Jaap Mansfeld &David T. Runia (eds.) -2018 - Leiden: BRILL._Aëtiana IV: Towards an Edition of the Aëtian Placita: Papers of the Melbourne Colloquium, 1–3 December 2015_ provides a critical discussion from various angles by a plurality of authors of the reconstruction of the _Placita_ and the relevance of the compendium for the history of Greek philosophy.
- Aëtiana: The Method and Intellectual Context of a Doxographer, Volume Iii, Studies in the Doxographical Traditions of Ancient Philosophy.Jaap Mansfeld &Douwe Runia -1997 - Brill.This collection of essays written between 1989 and 2009 records the authors’ exploration of the important but elusive genre of ancient doxography. Focusing primarily on the Placita of Aëtius, it can be used as a companion volume for the two earlier volumes of Aëtiana.No categories
- Aëtiana : The Method and Intellectual Context of a Doxographer, Volume Ii, the Compendium.Jaap Mansfeld &Douwe Runia -1997 - New York: Brill. Edited by David T. Runia.This study investigates the methodology and tradition of Aëtius' Doxography of physics and provides a full reconstruction of Book II as a single unified text.No categories
- Brill Online Books and Journals.Jaap Mansfeld &D. T. Runia -2000 -Phronesis 45 (3).Export citation Bookmark
- Philo of Alexandria, On planting.Albert Geljon &David Runia -2019 - Boston: Brill. Edited by Albert C. Geljon & David T. Runia.The Jewish exegete and philosopher Philo of Alexandria has long been famous for his complex and spiritually rich allegorical treatises on the Greek Bible. The present volume presents first translation and commentary in English on his treatise De plantatione (On planting), following on the volume devoted to On cultivation published previously by the same two authors. Philo gives a virtuoso performance as allegorist, interpreting Noah's planting of a vineyard in Genesis 9.20 first in theological and cosmological terms, then moving to (...) the spiritual quest of both of advanced souls and those beginning their journey. The translation renders Philo's baroque Greek into readable modern English. The commentary pays particular attention to the treatise's structure, its biblical basis and its exegetical and philosophical contents. (shrink)
- Alexandria and Cambridge: James Kugel's Traditions of the Bible.D. Runia -2000 -The Studia Philonica Annual 12:143-147.No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- A Bibliography Of Philonic Studies 1981-1986.D. Runia,R. Radice &D. Satran -1989 -The Studia Philonica Annual 1:95-124.No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- A Conference On Philo In Germany.David Runia -2005 -The Studia Philonica Annual 17:141-152.Export citation Bookmark
- An Index locorum Philonicorum to Völker.D. Runia -1989 -The Studia Philonica Annual 1:82-94.No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- An Index to Cohn-Wendland's Apparatus Testimoniorum.D. Runia -1992 -The Studia Philonica Annual 4:87-96.No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- A Note On Philo And Christian Heresy.D. Runia -1992 -The Studia Philonica Annual 4:65-74.
- A Note On Albinus/Alcinous Didaskalikos XIV.D. T. Runia -1986 -Mnemosyne 39 (1-2):131-133.No categories
- A New Philo Word Index.D. Runia -1998 -The Studia Philonica Annual 10:131-134.Export citation Bookmark
- Confronting the Augean stables: Royse's Fragmenta Spuria Philonica.D. Runia -1992 -The Studia Philonica Annual 4:78-86.No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- Discussion: Dooyeweerd, Bos and the grondmotief of greek culture.D. T. Runia -1989 -Philosophia Reformata 54 (2):160-175.No categories
- Dooyeweerd's Plato Text.David T. Runia -1985 -Philosophia Reformata 50:157.
- Etymology as an Allegorical Technique in Philo of Alexandria.David Runia -2004 -The Studia Philonica Annual 16:101-121.
- Aëtiana: Set of Volumes I-V.David Runia &Prof Dr Jaap Mansfeld -2020 - BRILL.A new reconstruction and text of the _Placita_ of Aëtius (ca. 50 CE), accompanied by a full commentary and an extensive collection of related texts. This is the five-volume set of studies on Aëtius (1996–2020) and uses an innovative methodology to replace the seminal edition of Hermann Diels (1879).No categories
- History of philosophy in the grand manner: the achievement of H. A. Wolfson.David T. Runia -1984 -Philosophia Reformata 49 (2):112.No categories
- How to Search Philo.D. Runia -1990 -The Studia Philonica Annual 2:106-140.Export citation Bookmark
- Introduction.David Runia -2006 -The Studia Philonica Annual 18:57-58.No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- Irreducible Texts: The Implications for an Edition of the Aëtian Placita.David T. Runia -2022 - In Andreas Lammer & Mareike Jas,Received Opinions: Doxography in Antiquity and the Islamic World. Boston: BRILL.Export citation Bookmark
- La recepción del Fedón de Platón en Filón de Alejandría.David T. Runia -2016 -Circe de Clásicos y Modernos 20 (2):91-112.El conocimiento y la utilización del Fedón por Filón es una importante fuente de información acerca de la interpretación que del diálogo se realizaba en la época. Debemos tener en cuenta que Filón nunca hace referencias directas al Fedón sino solo cita algunos breves fragmentos. No obstante, el lenguaje de Platón ha influido sobre Filón, en especial el empleo de adjetivos compuestos. Además, Filón recoge del diálogo una abundante cosecha de imágenes: a) la imagen del cuerpo como una prisión; b) (...) la imagen del cuerpo como un ropaje del alma; c) la esclavitud que el alma debe sobrellevar debido a estar unida al cuerpo; y d) el viaje al extranjero hacia otro lugar, que se corresponde con el tema bíblico de la migración. Se exploran también otros temas del diálogo, como el descenso del alma al cuerpo en términos de met empsicosis o reencarnación. Finalmente, se realiza el análisis de cuatro pasajes: Leg. 1. 105-108, Gig. 13-15, Somn. 1. 138-139 and Her. 267-276. The knowledge and use of the Phaedo by Philo is an important source of information about its interpretation at that time. We must take into account that Philo never makes any direct references to the Phaedo but does quote a few snippets. However, Plato’s use of language has influenced Philo, particularly in the rich use of compound adjectives. Philo draws a copious harvest of images from the dialogue: a) the image of the body as a prison; b) the image of the body as a garment for the soul; c) the bondage that the soul must endure through its association with the body; and d) the journey abroad to another place, which is linked to the biblical theme of migration. Other general themes in the dialogue are also explored, such as the descent of the soul into the body in terms of metempsychosis or reincarnation. Finally, four passages are discussed: Leg. 1. 105-108, Gig. 13-15, Somn. 1. 138-139 and Her. 267-276. (shrink)No categories
- Laws stamped with the seals of nature: laws and nature in Hellenistic philosophy and Philo of Alexandria.David T. Runia,Gregory E. Sterling &Hindy Najman (eds.) -2003 - Providence: Brown University.The single most important source for Second Temple Jewish exegetical traditions is the three commentaries series written by Philo of Alexandria. Wanting to understand Second Temple Judaism more fully, a group of scholars founded the Philo Institute in 1971 to explore those traditions. The following year they began publication of The Studia Philonica as a venue for their research; however, the significance of Philo's work soon captured the interest of a broader group of scholars and quickly opened the journal's pages (...) up to all aspects of Philonic studies. Six issues were released from 1972-1980 containing twenty-five articles, annual bibliographies, and abstracts of notable publications. The list of contributors is a who's who in Philonic studies in the 1970s and 1980s. After a lapse of almost a decade, the journal was revived as the Studia Philonica Annual, which is devoted to furthering the study of Hellenistic Judaism, in particular the writings and thought of the Hellenistic-Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria (ca. 15 b.c.e. to ca. 50 c.e.). Each year the Annual publishes the most current Philonic scholarship along with an extensive bibliography that is maintained by David Runia. (shrink)
- Plotinus amid Gnostics and Christians: papers presented at the Plotinus Symposium held at the Free University, Amsterdam, on 25 January 1984.David T. Runia (ed.) -1984 - Amsterdam: VU Uitgeverij/Free University Press.
- Philo and the church fathers: a collection of papers.David T. Runia -1995 - Leiden ; New York: E.J. Brill.The extensive writings of the Jewish philosopher and exegete Philo of Alexandria (15 BCE to 50 CE) were preserved through the efforts of early Christians, who ...
- Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus: Volume 2, Book 2: Proclus on the Causes of the Cosmos and its Creation.David T. Runia &Michael Share (eds.) -2008 - Cambridge University Press.This volume of Proclus' commentary on Plato's Timaeus records Proclus' exegesis of Timaeus 27a–31b, in which Plato first discusses preliminary matters that precede his account of the creation of the universe, and then moves to the account of the creation of the universe as a totality. For Proclus this text is a grand opportunity to reflect on the nature of causation as it relates to the physical reality of our cosmos. The commentary deals with many subjects that have been of (...) central interest to philosophers from Plato's time onwards, such as the question whether the cosmos was created in time, and the nature of evil as it relates to physical reality and its ontological imperfection. (shrink)
- Philo in a Single Volume.D. Runia -1994 -The Studia Philonica Annual 6:171-182.Export citation Bookmark
- Philonica in the Catena in Genesim.D. Runia -1999 -The Studia Philonica Annual 11:113-120.No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- Philonic Nomenclature.D. Runia -1994 -The Studia Philonica Annual 6:1-27.No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- Philo of Alexandria: an Annotated Bibliography 1996.D. Runia,A. Geljon,J. Martin,R. Radice &K. -G. Sandelin -1999 -The Studia Philonica Annual 11:121-147.Export citation Bookmark
- Philo of Alexandria and the Beginnings of Christian Thought.D. Runia -1995 -The Studia Philonica Annual 7:143-160.Export citation Bookmark
- Philo of Alexandria: an Annotated Bibliography 1992.D. Runia,R. van der Berg,J. Martin,R. Radice &K. -G. Sandelin -1995 -The Studia Philonica Annual 7:186-213.Export citation Bookmark
- Philo of Alexandria: an Annotated Bibliography 1993.D. Runia,A. Geljon,J. Martin,R. Radice &K. -G. Sandelin -1996 -The Studia Philonica Annual 8:122-142.Export citation Bookmark
- (2 other versions)Philo of Alexandria: an annotated bibliography, 1987-1996: with addenda for 1937-1986.David T. Runia -2000 - Boston: Brill. Edited by H. M. Keizer.This volume is a continuation of "Philo of Alexandria: an Annotated Bibliography 1937-1986, published by Roberto Radice and David Runia in 1988 (second edition ...
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