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Philo’s Perception of Women /

"Dorothy Sly's Philo's Perception of Women (1990) carefully assesses Philo's statements about women against his portrayals of different women found in the Hebrew Bible. It remains one of the few comprehensive studies of this topic."--Provided by publisher

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sly, Dorothy (Author)
Corporate Authors: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (sponsoring body.), National Endowment for the Humanities (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Satlow, Michael L. (Editorial director)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Atlanta, Georgia : Scholars Press, [2020]
Edition:Second edition
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Philo, > of Alexandria.
Bible. > Old Testament.
Bible. > Ancien Testament > Critique, interpretation, etc. juives.
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
Women in the Bible.
Women > Biblical teaching.
Femmes > Enseignement biblique.
Femmes dans la Bible.
Livres numeriques.
e-books.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Traditional Views of Women
  • The State of Scholarship
  • Philo's Language
  • Woman and Virgin
  • Biblical Women (I): Eve
  • Biblical WOmen (II): The Others
  • Biblical Virgins (I)
  • Biblical (II): Sarah and Rebecca
  • Biblical Virgins (III): Leah (Rachel), Dinah, Tamar, and Hannah
  • Women of Philo's World
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • Appendix A
  • Abbreviations and Bibliography
  • Index.

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