Peder Borgen

Author of The New Testament and Hellenistic Judaism

About the Author

Peder Borgen, Ph.D. (1956), Dr. Theol. (1966) The University of Trondheim, Norway. Professor of the New Testament and Hellenistic Judaism. He has published monographs and articles, including bread from Heaven (Brill 1965) and Philo of Alexandria and Exegere for His Time (Brill 1997).

Works by Peder Borgen

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The New Testament and Hellenistic Judaism (1995) 61 copies, 1 review

The Philo Index: A Complete Greek Word Index to the Writings of Philo of Alexandria (1999) 38 copies

Early Christianity and Hellenistic Judaism (1996) 34 copies

Recruitment, Conquest, and Conflict (Emory Studies in Early Christianity) (1998) 14 copies

Philo of Alexandria, an Exegete for His Time (Supplements to Novum Testamentum) (1997) 14 copies

The Gospel of John: More Light from Philo, Paul and Archaeology: The Scriptures, Tradition, Exposition, Settings, Meaning (Supplements to Novum Testamentum (Brill)) (2014) 12 copies

Bread from Heaven : an exegetical study of the concept of Manna in the Gospel of John and the writings of Philo (1981) 10 copies

Philo, John, and Paul : new perspectives on Judaism and early Christianity (1987) 7 copies

Kristne kirker og trossamfunn (1993) 4 copies

Paul preaches circumcision and pleases men : and other essays on Christian origins (1983) 3 copies

Context : festskrift til Peder Johan Borgen = essays in honour of Peder Johan Borgen (1987) 3 copies

The Philo Concordance Database in Greek (PHI) 2 copies

Det nye testamentes omverden : Tekster i oversettelse med innledninger Utvalgte greske tekster og ordlister (1980) 2 copies

The Gospel of John and Hellenism: Some Observations 1 copy

Hvem er jeppe? : Rusgift, terapi og menneskesyn (1982) 1 copy

Illuminations by Philo of Alexandria: Selected Studies on Interpretation in Philo, Paul and the Revelation of John (Studies in Philo of Alexandria, 12) (2021) 1 copy

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What We Have Heard from the Beginning: The Past, Present and Future of Johannine Studies (2007) — Contributor — 54 copies

Paul in His Hellenistic Context (1994) — Contributor — 44 copies

Anti-Semitism and Early Christianity: Issues of Polemic and Faith (1993) — Contributor — 37 copies

Reading Philo: A Handbook to Philo of Alexandria (2014) — Contributor — 25 copies

New Testament and Early Christian Literature in Greco-Roman Context: Studies in Honor of David E. Aune (Supplements to Novum Testamentum, V. 122) (2006) — Contributor — 17 copies

Critical Readings of John 6 (Biblical Interpretation) (1997) — Contributor — 16 copies

Christology, Controversy, and Community: New Testament Essays in Honour of David R. Catchpole (Supplements to Novum Testamentum) (Formation and Interpretation of Old Testament… (2000) — Contributor — 8 copies

Religions in Antiquity: Essays in Memory of Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough (1970) — Contributor — 7 copies

Studia Philonica Annual, 2001 (Studia Philonica Annual: Studies in Hellenistic Judaism) (2001) — Contributor — 3 copies

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Birthdate: 1928-01-26
Gender: male
Education: Drew University (PhD|1956)
University of Oslo (ThD|1966)
Organizations: Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas
Society of Biblical Literature
Royal Norwegian Society for Science and Letters
Royal Academy for Science and Letters
Nationality: Norway
Birthplace: Lillestrom, Norway
Places of residence: Trondheim, Norway
Associated Place (for map): Norway

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The New Testament and Hellenistic Judaism by Peder Borgen

NO OF PAGES: 293 SUB CAT I: First Century Judaism SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: A substantial portion of the New Testament was either written in the Jewish Diaspora or addressed to members of the Diaspora. This means that Hellenistic Judaism outside of Palestine was to a great extent the matrix from which NT thought developed.NOTES: SUBTITLE:

Feb 18, 2011