David T. Runia (1951-), scholar

David T. Runia (b.1951) is a Dutch-Australian scholar, Master of Queen’s College at the University of Melbourne.

Biography

Born in the Netherlands. Moved to Australia in 1955. PhD 1983 (Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands). Professor at Utrecht and Leiden. From 2002 at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Specializes in the study of Philo on Alexandria.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• Philo of Alexandria and the Timaeus of Plato (1986 Runia), book

• Philo of Alexandria: An Annotated Bibliography, 1937-1986 (1988 Radice/Runia), book

• Exegesis and Scripture: Studies on Philo of Alexandria (1990 Runia), book

• Philo in Early Christian Literature (1993 Runia), book

• Philo and the Church Fathers: A Collection of Papers (1995 Runia), book

• Philo of Alexandria: An Annotated Bibliography 1987-96 (2000 Runia), book

• Philo of Alexandria on the Creation of the Cosmos according to Moses (2001 Runia), book

• Philo of Alexandria: An Annotated Bibliography, 1997-2006 (2012 Runia), book