Reading List:

Plutarch: Alexander of Macedon
Wikipedia on: Hellenism;
Josephus ; Philo

Kung, Hans: Jews in the Hellenistic Era

Philo of Alexandria:
On the Essenes; On the Creation; Embassy to Gaius

Rogers, P. (trans), Basics on Philo;: Highlights from Josephus;
Vol 1. of the Jewish War;
Against Apion (vol 1) and Against Apion (vol 2)

Runia, D. "Philo's exegesis of Scripture"
in Philo in Early Christian Literature, pp. 38ff

Mahaffy, J.P.: The Progress of Hellenism in Alexander's Empire

The Cambridge History of Judaism:
Josephus; Philo ; The Diaspora ;
Jewish-Greek Literature;
Anti-Judaism in the Hellenistic Age

Our Six Sessions:

1. Alexander the Great
2. Palestine under Greek Rule

3. The Jews in Diaspora
4. Philo’s Contribution

5. Josephus, as Apologist for Judaism: Against Apion
6. Essays-in-progress

An Essay: (2000 words) on one of these:

--Alexandrian Judaism in the Hellenistic Age
--Josephus in defence of Judaism
--Philo of Alexandria: Helleniser or Judaiser?
--Hellenism in Judea, before the Maccabees
--Pro- and Anti-Judaism in the Diaspora