Balaam as the Sophist Par Excellence in Philo of Alexandria:Philo's Projection of an Urgent Contemporary Debate onto Moses' Pentateuchal Narratives

George H. van Kooten, “Balaam as the Sophist Par Excellence in Philo of Alexandria: Philo’s Projection of an Urgent Contemporary Debate onto Moses’ Pentateuchal Narratives,” in The Prestige of the Pagan Prophet Balaam in Judaism, Early Christianity and Islam (ed. George H. van Kooten and Jacques van Ruiten; Themes in Biblical Narrative 11; Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2008), 131-161

Why Did Paul Include an Exegesis of Moses’ Shining Face (Exod 34) in 2 Cor 3? Moses’ Strength, Well-being and (Transitory) Glory, according to Philo, Josephus, Paul, and the Corinthian Sophists

George H. van Kooten, “Why Did Paul Include an Exegesis of Moses’ Shining Face (Exod 34) in 2 Cor 3?: Moses’ Strength, Well-being and (Transitory) Glory, according to Philo, Josephus, Paul, and the Corinthian Sophists,” in The Significance of Sinai: Traditions about Sinai and Divine Revelation in Judaism and Christianity (ed. George J. Brooke, Hindy Najman, and Loren T. Stuckenbruck; Themes in Biblical Narrative 12; Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2008), 149-181

Creation and Cosmogony:III. New Testament

George H. van Kooten, “Creation and Cosmogony, III. New Testament,” Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) 5:973-976