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Jewish Women Philosophers of First-century Alexandria

Philo's "Therapeutae" Reconsidered

  • Hardback
  • 434 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 2.9 cm

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For scholars interested in early Jewish philosophy

Uncovers the role of women in ancient philosophical groups

You will gain fresh insights into early Jewish thought

Explore the intriguing world of first-century Jewish women philosophers in Alexandria with this insightful study.

The first-century ascetic Jewish philosophers known as the 'Therapeutae', described in Philo's treatise De Vita Contemplativa, have often been considered in comparison with early Christians, the Essenes, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. This study, which includes a new translation of De Vita Contemplativa, focuses particularly on issues of historical method, rhetoric, women, and gender, and comes to new conclusions about the nature of the group and its relationship with the allegorical school of exegesis in Alexandria. Joan E. Taylor argues that the group represents the tip of an iceberg in terms of ascetic practices and allegorical exegesis, and that the women described point to the presence of other Jewish women philosophers in Alexandria in the first century CE. Members of the group were 'extreme allegorizers' in following a distinctive calendar, not maintaining usual Jewish praxis, and concentrating their focus on attaining a trance-like state in which a vision of God's light was experienced. Their special 'feast' was configured in terms of service at a Temple, in which both men and women were priestly attendants of God.
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  • Title

    Jewish Women Philosophers of First-century Alexandria

  • Author

    Joan E. Taylor

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    November 2003

  • Weight

    704g

  • Page Count

    434

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 2.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780199259618

  • ISBN-10

    0199259615

  • Eden Code

    4514492

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