The Place of Judaism in Philo's Thought: Israel, Jews, and Proselytes

From: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly | Date: January 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

ELLEN BIRNBAUM, The Place of Judaism in Philo 's Thought: Israel, Jews, and Proselytes (BJS 290; Studia Philonica Monographs 2; Atlanta: Scholars, 1996). Pp. xviii + 262. $39.95.

This book is a "lightly revised" dissertation directed by Alan Segal at Columbia University and finished in 1992. Birnbaum investigates Judaism's place in Philo's thought by examining how he uses the terms "Israel," "Jews," and "proselytes." A broader question is whether Philo is particularistic or universalistic. B. defines particularism as the view that only Jews can relate properly to God, and universalism as the ...

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