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

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

Taylor, Joan E.

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PhilosophyReligion General Judaism

ISBN10: 0199291411
ISBN13: 9780199291410
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Mar 30 2006
Pages: 440
Weight: 1.45
Height: 0.96 Width: 5.54 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
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.

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