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Books Received Vigiliae Christianae 63 (2009) 103-106 www.brill.nl/vc Vigiliae Christianae © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/157007208X377364 Books Received Allen, Joel Stevens, Th e Despoliation of Egypt in Pre-Rabbinic, Rabbinic and Patris- tic Traditions (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 92), Leiden–Boston: Brill 2008, viii + 305 pp., ISBN 978-90-04-16745-2, € 107 / US$ 159 (hardback).— Original monograph study of the famed theme, fi rst dealing with the pre-rabbinic and rabbinic traditions and after that focussing on Irenaeus, Tertullian, Origen and Augustine in particular. ‘Th is work describes how Christians borrowed exe- getical traditions from rabbis not only to defend their sacred texts against gnostic attacks but to justify their interest in and appropriation of non-Christian philoso- phy in their theological understanding’. Bosson, Nathalie et Anne Boud’hors (éd.), Actes du huitième congrès interna- tional d’études coptes. Paris, 28 juin-3 juillet 2004 (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 163), Leuven–Paris–Dudley, MA: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies 2007, Volume I, XVI + 389 pp; Volume II, XVI + pp. 391-920 (incl. many fi gures, maps and other illustr.), ISBN 978-90-429-1909-9, € 160 (cloth- bound with jacket).—Rich collection, excellently edited, with many contribu- tions pertaining to the fi eld of early Christian, Gnostic, Manichaean and Patristic http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vigiliae Christianae Brill

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© 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0042-6032
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DOI
10.1163/157007208X377364
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Vigiliae Christianae 63 (2009) 103-106 www.brill.nl/vc Vigiliae Christianae © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/157007208X377364 Books Received Allen, Joel Stevens, Th e Despoliation of Egypt in Pre-Rabbinic, Rabbinic and Patris- tic Traditions (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 92), Leiden–Boston: Brill 2008, viii + 305 pp., ISBN 978-90-04-16745-2, € 107 / US$ 159 (hardback).— Original monograph study of the famed theme, fi rst dealing with the pre-rabbinic and rabbinic traditions and after that focussing on Irenaeus, Tertullian, Origen and Augustine in particular. ‘Th is work describes how Christians borrowed exe- getical traditions from rabbis not only to defend their sacred texts against gnostic attacks but to justify their interest in and appropriation of non-Christian philoso- phy in their theological understanding’. Bosson, Nathalie et Anne Boud’hors (éd.), Actes du huitième congrès interna- tional d’études coptes. Paris, 28 juin-3 juillet 2004 (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 163), Leuven–Paris–Dudley, MA: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies 2007, Volume I, XVI + 389 pp; Volume II, XVI + pp. 391-920 (incl. many fi gures, maps and other illustr.), ISBN 978-90-429-1909-9, € 160 (cloth- bound with jacket).—Rich collection, excellently edited, with many contribu- tions pertaining to the fi eld of early Christian, Gnostic, Manichaean and Patristic

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