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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jennifer Otto (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Lethbridge)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.30cm Weight: 0.446kg ISBN: 9780198820727ISBN 10: 0198820720 Pages: 244 Publication Date: 24 May 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsOtto's arguments are nuanced, and she provides important correctives to problematic theories. In the chapters on specific authors, Otto's close reading of primary sources provides a foundation for her argument that early authors' references to Philo provide insight into their historic location and that the situatedness of the author needs to be taken into account when interpreting these texts ... this work is well written and makes a clear contribution to Philonic and early Christian studies. * Sean A. Adams, Journal of the Study of the New Testament * Otto's stimulating and very readable monograph is, like that of Ophir and Rosen-Zvi, a significant work of intellectual history * Andrew Gregory, University College, Anvil * Jennifer Otto has provided her readers with a thorough and illuminating analysis. Her study is warmly to be recommended. * David T. Runia, Australian Catholic University, University of Melbourne, Vigiliae Christianae * Otto's arguments are robust and her overall framework helpful. She offers a lucid, compelling narrative of Philo's treatment and significance within early Christian texts. She engages scholarship on Philo, Clement, Origen, and Eusebius consistently, rendering her arguments intelligible in terms of contemporary scholarship. * Carson Bay, Reviews of the Enoch Seminar * This is a fascinating book which in a small compass covers a lot of ground. Its excellence lies not just in the overarching conclusions that it draws, but in many of the individual discussions which form its core. a stimulating and thoughtful book. * James Carleton Paget, Journal Of Ecclesiastical History * Otto's arguments are nuanced, and she provides important correctives to problematic theories. In the chapters on specific authors, Otto's close reading of primary sources provides a foundation for her argument that early authors' references to Philo provide insight into their historic location and that the situatedness of the author needs to be taken into account when interpreting these texts ... this work is well written and makes a clear contribution to Philonic and early Christian studies. * Sean A. Adams, Journal of the Study of the New Testament * Author InformationJennifer Otto is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Lethbridge. She earned her PhD at McGill University in 2014, where she held a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. From 2015-2017, she was a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Erfurt. Her research interests include second and third century Christianity, early Christian biblical exegesis, and the intersections of Christianity and violence from antiquity to the present day. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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