Jewish Women Philosophers of First-Century Alexandria: Philo’s Therapeutae Reconsidered (2003 Taylor), book
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Jewish Women Philosophers of First-Century Alexandria: Philo’s Therapeutae Reconsidered (2003) is a book by Joan E. Taylor.
Abstract
"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."--Publisher description.
Editions
Published in Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Table of contents
External links
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- 2003
- Women Authorship--2000s
- Women Authorship--English
- English language-- 2000s
- Philo Studies--2000s
- Philo Studies--English
- Hellenistic-Jewish Studies--2000s
- Hellenistic-Jewish Studies--English
- Therapeutae (subject)
- Top 2000s
- Scholarship--Top 2000s
- English language--Top 2000s
- Philo Studies--Top 2000s
- Hellenistic-Jewish Studies--Top 2000s