Philo of Alexandria and Philosophical Discourse
Münster, 12 and 13 May 2019
Organizers:
Prof. Dr. Lutz Doering (WWU Münster)
Dr. Michael Cover (Marquette University / Humboldt Fellow, WWU Münster)
Please register until 3 May 2019 with Frau Maria Arnhold
(arnhold@uni-muenster.de)
Sunday, 12 May 2019
Sunday Conference Venue
Evangelisch - Theologische Fakultät
Universitätsstraße 13-17, Raum ETH 102
13.00–13.15 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Session 1 – Philo Judaeus in Dialogue with Philosophical Schools and Traditions
13.15–14.15 “Philo’s Library and the Libraries of Philosophical Schools”
Gregory Sterling, Yale Divinity School
14.15 –14.45 Coffee Break
14.45–15.45 “The Difficulty of Being Theologically and Philosophically Orthodox: Reincarnation and Afterlife as a Test Case”
Rainer Hirsch-Luipold, Universität Bern
Session 2 – Philo’s Philosophical Treatises: The Case of Quod omnis probus liber sit
15.45–16.45 “Exemplary Ethics in Philo’s Every Good Man is Free”
Maren Niehoff, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
16.45–17.15 Coffee Break
17.15–18.15 “Stoicism, Platonism and Judaism in the Omnis Probus: Philo’s Authorial Stance”
Troels Engberg-Pedersen, University of Copenhagen
Response
18.15–18.45 Response to Sessions 1 & 2
David Runia, IRCI, Australian Catholic University
19.00 Dinner (Location TBD)
Monday, 13 May 2019
Monday Conference Venue
Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum
Wilmergasse 1
Session 3 – Philo and Sceptical Philosophy
9.00–10.00 “Is Philoʹs Moses a Pyrrhonian Hero?”
Carlos Lévy, Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV)
10.00–10.30 Coffee Break
10.30–11.30 “Scepticism and Contemplation in Philo of Alexandria”
Mauro Bonazzi, University of Utrecht
11.30–12.00 Optional: Tour of IJD Library
12.00–14.00 Lunch (location TBD)
Session 4 – Philo’s Philosophy of Language
14.00–15.00 “Whatʹs in a Name Change? Neo-Pythagorean Arithmology and Middle-Platonic Namewrights in Philo’s Orchard of Philosophy”
Michael Cover, Marquette University / Humboldt Fellow, WWU Münster
15.00 –15.30 Coffee Break
Responses
15.30–16.00 Response to Sessions 3 & 4
David Runia, IRCI, Australian Catholic University
16.00–16.30 Summary Discussion and Publication Plans
Lutz Doering, WWU Münster, moderator
18.00 Dinner (for remaining participants)
The workshop is supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
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