Philo's Perception of Women (1990 Sly), book

Dorothy Sly, Philo's Perception of Women (Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1990).

• 2nd edition (reprinted with minor corrections) -- Dorothy Sly, Philo's Perception of Women, 2nd ed. (Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 2020).

Abstract

Originally presented as the author's PhD dissertation, McMaster University).

"Philo was a Greek-educated but observant Jew who lived during the time of Jesus and Paul. According to the author, Philo's writings synthesized earlier Greek and Jewish perceptions of women. Although Philo accepts the female as good because created by God, Sly argues that Philo nevertheless saw women as necessarily subservient and under the control of men. Thus his writings express some of the earliest sources for repressive attitudes towards women, and suggest that similar attitudes exhibited by the church fathers may be traced through Philo to earlier traditions."--Publisher description.

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

2nd edition (2020)

"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 ... This edition contains typographical corrections from the original."--Publisher description.

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