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PROF DAVID RUNIA



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Organization: Historical Studies
Position: Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
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Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Aetiana: laying foundations for the study of the history of ancient philosophy Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2005
Aetiana: laying foundations for the study of the history of ancient philosophy Part 2 Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2009

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Books

  • Proclus : commentary on Plato's Timaeus. Vol. 2. Book 2, Proclus on the causes of the cosmos and its creation
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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  • Philo and Hellenistic Doxography
    Year: 2008
    Book: Philo of Alexandria and Post-Aristotelian Philosophy, Studies of Philo in Alexandria 5
    Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers(Leiden)
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  • The Place of De Abrahamo in Philo's Oeuvre
    Year: 2008
    Book: The Studia Philonica Annual
    Publisher: The Society of Biblical Literature(Atlanta, GA)
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  • The Sources for Presocratic Philosophy
    Year: 2008
    Book: The Oxford Handbook of the Presocratics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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Journal Articles

  • Review: A Platonic Pythagoras
    Year: 2008
    Journal: The Studia Philonica Annual
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 242-244
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Publications in 2007

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  • Philo in the Reformational Tradition
    Year: 2007
    Book: In The Phrygian Mode - Neo-Calvinism, Antiquity and the Lamentations of Reformational Philosophy
    Publisher: University Press of America(Lanham, MD)
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  • The Rehabilitation of the Jackdaw: Philo of Alexandria and Ancient Philosophy
    Year: 2007
    Book: Greek and Roman Philosophy 100 BC - 200 AD Vol. 2
    Publisher: Institute of Classical Studies, University of London
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Journal Articles

  • Review: Michael Share: Philoponus Against Proclus's on the Eternity of the World 1-5
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Book Review
    Volume: 290
    Page numbers: 51
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  • Review: Michael Share: Philoponus Against Proclus's on the Eternity of the World 6-8
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Book Review
    Volume: 290
    Page numbers: 51
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  • Review: Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Vigilae Christianae
    Volume: 61
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 482-4
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  • Review: Gott und die Götter
    Year: 2007
    Journal: The Studia Philonica Annual
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 212-215
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  • Review: L'étranger dans la bible et ses lectures
    Year: 2007
    Journal: The Studia Philonica Annual
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 223-224
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Publications in 2006

Books

  • (ed.) The Studia Philonica Annual: Studies in Hellenistic Judaism, Volume 18
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature(Atlanta)
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Journal Articles

  • Review of Annelie Volgers & Claudio Zamagni (eds.), Erotapokriseis: Early Christian Question-and-Answer Literature in Context
    Year: 2006
    Journal: The Studia Philonica Annual
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 228-230
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • A Conference on Philo in Germany
    Year: 2005
    Journal: The Studia Philonica Annual
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 141-152
    Publisher: Brown Judaic Studies(Providence)
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  • Review of Kathy L. Gaca, The Making of Fornication: eros, ethics, and political reform in Greek philosophy and early Christianity
    Year: 2005
    Journal: The Studia Philonica Annual
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 237-242
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Publications in 2004

Books

  • The Studia Philonica Annual: Studies in Hellenistic Judaism
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: Brown Judaic Studies(Providence)
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Book Chapters

  • Philo of Alexandria
    Year: 2004
    Book: The First Christian Theologians: an introduction to theology in the early church
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Oxford)
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Journal Articles

  • Quaestiones in Exodum 2.62-69: Supplement to The Philo Index
    Year: 2004
    Journal: The Studia Philonica Annual
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 229-234
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  • Clement of Alexandria and the Philonic doctrine of the divine power(s)
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Vigilae Christianae
    Volume: 58
    Page numbers: 256-276
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  • Eric Francis Osborn: A Tribute
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Vigilae Christianae
    Volume: 58
    Page numbers: 242-255
    Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers(Leiden)
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  • Etymology as an allegorical technique in Philo of Alexandria
    Year: 2004
    Journal: The Studia Philonica Annual
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 101-121
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  • Review of Jutta Leonhardt, Jewish Worship in Philo of Alexandria
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Theological Studies
    Volume: 55
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 690-693
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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Publications in 2003

Books

  • Laws Stamped with the Seals of Nature: Law and Nature in Hellenistic Philosophy and Philo of Alexandria
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: Brown Judaic Studies(Providence)
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Book Chapters

  • "Beyond beingness in dignity and power"--Plato’s Doctrine of the Good
    Year: 2003
    Book: Die Logik des Transzendentalen: Festschrift für Jan A. Aertsen zum 65. Geburtstag. Miscellanea Mediaevalia 30.
    Publisher: Walter de Gruyter(Berlin)
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  • Philo of Alexandria, Legatio ad Gaium 1-7
    Year: 2003
    Book: Neotestamentica et Philonica: Studies in Honor of Peder Borgen. Supplements to Novum Testamentum 106.
    Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers(Leiden)
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  • Plato’s Timaeus, First Principle(s), and Creation in Philo and Early Christian Thought
    Year: 2003
    Book: Plato's Timaeus as Cultural Icon
    Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press(Indiana)
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  • The King, the Architect, and the Craftsman: a Philosophical Image in Philo of Alexandria
    Year: 2003
    Book: Ancient Approaches to Plato's Timaeus
    Publisher: Institute of Classical Studies(London)
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  • Theodicy in Philo of Alexandria
    Year: 2003
    Book: Theodicy in the World of the Bible
    Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers(Leiden)
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Journal Articles

  • Review of C. Noack, Gottesbewustsein
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum
    Volume: 45
    Page numbers: 74-76
    Publisher: Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH & Co.(Muenster)
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  • Review of C. Termini, Le potenza di Dio
    Year: 2003
    Journal: The Studia Philonica Annual
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 151-156
    Publisher: Brown Judaic Studies(Providence)
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  • Review of F. Petit, La chaîne sur l'Exode
    Year: 2003
    Journal: The Studia Philonica Annual
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 162-165
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Eudaimonism in Hellenistic-Jewish Literature
    Year: 2002
    Book: Shem in the Tents of Japhet: Essays on the Encounter of Judaism and Hellenism
    Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers(Leiden)
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  • One of Us or One of Them? Christian Reception of Philo the Jew in Egypt
    Year: 2002
    Book: Shem in the Tents of Japhet: Essays on the Encounter of Judaism and Hellenism
    Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers(Leiden)
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  • The Beginnings of the End: Philo of Alexandra and Hellenistic Theology
    Year: 2002
    Book: Traditions of Theology Studies in Hellenistic Theology: Its Background and Aftermath
    Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers(Leiden)
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Journal Articles

  • Book Review: K.-J. Illman, T. Ahlback, S.O Back and R. Nurmela, A bouquet of Wisdom: Essays in Honour of Karl-Gustave Sandelin
    Year: 2002
    Journal: The Studia Philonica Annual
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 335
    Page numbers: 238-239
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  • Book Review: L.H. Feldman: Flavius Josephus Translation and Commentary
    Year: 2002
    Journal: The Studia Philonica Annual
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 335
    Page numbers: 219-223
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  • Eudaimonism in Hellensitic-Jewish and Early Christian Literature
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Iris
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 63-82
    Publisher: Classical Association of Victoria(Melbourne)
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  • Philo of Alexandria: An Annotated Bibliography
    Year: 2002
    Journal: The Studia Philonica Annual
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 335
    Page numbers: 141-179
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  • The Reception of Hellenistic Philosophy
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Vigilae Christianae
    Volume: 56
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 307-310
    Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers(Leiden)
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Publications in 2001

Books

  • In the spirit of faith: studies on Philo and early Christianity in honor of David Hay
    Year: 2001
    Publisher: Brown Judaic Studies(Atlanta)
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Book Chapters

  • Philo's reading of the Psalms
    Year: 2001
    Book: In the spirit of faith: studies on Philo and early Christianity in honor of David Hay
    Publisher: Brown Judaic Studies(Atlanta)
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Journal Articles

  • Book review: P. Frick, Divine Providence in Philo
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal for the Study of Judaism
    Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers(Leiden)
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  • Book review: R. Goulet (ed.), Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques (Tome 3)
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Vigilae Christianae
    Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers(Leiden)
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  • Book review: S. Fernandez, Cristo Medico, segun Origenes
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Vigilae Christianae
    Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers(Leiden)
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