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Author:

Taylor, Joan E.

Title:

Jewish women philosophers of first-century Alexandria : Philo's 'Therapeutae' reconsidered / Joan E. Taylor.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2006, ©2003

Description:

xv, 417 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Philo <Alexandrinus>
De vita contemplativa.
Therapeutae.
Judaism--Alexandria--Alexandria--History--To 70 A.D.
Jewish philosophers--Alexandria--Alexandria--History.
Women philosophers--Alexandria--Alexandria--History.
Jewish philosophy--History.
Therapeuten <Religiöse Gemeinschaft>
Jewish philosophers.
Jewish philosophy.
Judaism.
Therapeutae.
Women philosophers.
Egypt--Alexandria.
To 70
History.

Notes:

Originally published: 2003. Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-390) and indexes.

Contents:

I. Philo's 'Therapeutae' Reconsidered -- 1. On Method -- 2. Philo's De Vita Contemplativa in Historical Context -- 3. Identity: The Name 'Therapeutae' and the Essenes -- 4. Placements: The Geographical and Social Locations of the Mareotic Group -- 5. The Philosophia of Ioudaismos -- 6. Allegory and Asceticism -- 7. A Solar Calendar -- II. Women and Gender in De Vita Contemplativa -- 8. Paradigms of 'Women' in Discourses on Philosophia -- 9. Women and Sex in De Vita Contemplativa -- 10. Gendered Space -- 11. Gender Blenders: Moses, Miriam, and Music -- App. 1. Partial translation of Philo of Alexandria, De Vita Contemplativa / Joan E. Taylor -- App. 2. De Migratione Abrahami 86-96 / Francis H. Colson and George H. Whitaker -- App. 3. Epitome of Chaeremon the Stoic, 'On the Egyptian Priests' / Pieter van der Horst.

ISBN:

9780199291410
0199291411
9780199259618
0199259615

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62132368

Locations:

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)