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 (Leiden 1986).
- (with Roberto Radice). Philo of Alexandria: An Annotated Bibliography 1937-86 (Leiden 1988; 2n ed. 1992)
- Exegesis and Scripture: Studies on Philo of Alexandria (London 1990)
- Philo in Early Christian Literature: A Survey (Assen-Minneapolis 1993)
- Philo and the Church Fathers: A Collection of Papers (Leiden 1995)
- Philo of Alexandria: An Annotated Bibliography 1987-96 (Leiden 2000)
- Philo of Alexandria on the Creation of the Cosmos according to Moses: Translation and Commentary (Leiden 2001)