Jewish Women Philosophers of First-Century Alexandria: Philo's 'Therapeutae' Reconsidered Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Jewish Women Philosophers of First-Century Alexandria: Philo's 'Therapeutae' Reconsidered Book

The 'Therapeutae' were a Jewish group of ascetic philosophers who lived outside Alexandria in the middle of the first century. This study focuses on issues of history women and gender in an exploration of the group and comes to conclusions about the 'Therapeutae' and their relationship with the Jewish allegorical school of exegesis.Read More

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    The "Therapeutae" were a Jewish group of ascetic philosophers who lived outside Alexandria in the middle of the first century CE. They are described in Philo's treatise De Vita Contemplativa and have often been considered in comparison with early Christians, the Essenes, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. But who were they really? This study focuses particularly on issues of history, rhetoric, women, and gender in a wide exploration of the group, and comes to new conclusions about the "Therapeutae" and their relationship with the Jewish allegorical school of exegesis in Alexandria. The volume includes a new translation of De Vita Contemplativa.

  • 0199291411
  • 9780199291410
  • Joan E. Taylor
  • 26 January 2006
  • OUP Oxford
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 434
  • New Ed
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