6. What would fellow Jews have thought of Philo’s Judaism?

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  • Borgen, Peder. 1997. Philo of Alexandria: An Exegete for his Time. Supplements to Novum Testamentum, 86. Leiden/New York: Brill.
  • Cohen, Naomi G. 1995. Philo Judaeus: His Universe of Discourse. Beiträge zur Erforschung des Alten Testaments und des antiken Judentums 24. Frankfurt am Main: P. Lang.
  • Cohen, Naomi G. 2007. Philo’s Scriptures: Citations from the Prophets and Writings. Evidence for a Haftarah Cycle in Second Temple Judaism. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 123. Leiden ; Boston: Brill.
  • Frick, Peter. 1999. Divine Providence in Philo of Alexandria. Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum 77. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck.
  • Gruen, Erich S. 2002. Diaspora: Jews amidst Greeks and Romans. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  • Hay, David M. 2002. “Philo of Alexandria.” In Justification and Variegated Nomism, 1: 357-79. Ed. D. A. Carson et al. Tübingen/Grand Rapids: Mohr Siebeck/Baker Academic.
  • Kamesar, Adam, ed. 2009. The Cambridge Companion to Philo. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press.
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  • Morris, Jenny. 1987. “The Jewish Philosopher Philo.” In A History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ, 3.2: 809-89. Ed. G. Vermes et al. Rev. edn. Edinburgh: T&T Clark.
  • Niehoff, Maren. 2001. Philo on Jewish Identity and Culture. Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum 86. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck.
  • Robertson, David. 2008. Word and Meaning in Ancient Alexandria: Theories of Language from Philo to Plotinus. Aldershot/Burlington: Ashgate.
  • Schenck, Kenneth. 2005. A Brief Guide to Philo. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press.

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