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Author Sly, Dorothy, author.

Title Philo's perception of women / by Dorothy Sly ; Michael L. Satlow, managing editor
Edition Second edition
Published Atlanta, Georgia : Scholars Press, [2020]
©2020

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Description 1 online resource (284 pages)
Series Brown Judaic studies ; number 209
Brown Judaic studies ; no. 209.
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 -- Appendix A -- Abbreviations and Bibliography -- Index
Summary "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."--Provided by publisher
Analysis Judaism
Notes Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--McMaster University)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Edition statement from online full metadata page
"This edition contains typographical corrections from the original."--Publishers' preface
"Open access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program."--T.p. verso
"Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License."--T.p. verso
PDF (JSTOR, viewed Apr 13, 2020)
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 01, 2020)
Subject Philo, of Alexandria.
SUBJECT Philo, of Alexandria fast
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013771
Bible. Old Testament fast
Subject Women in the Bible.
Women -- Biblical teaching
Judaism.
Women -- Biblical teaching
Women in the Bible
Genre/Form e-books.
Livres numériques.
Form Electronic book
Author Satlow, Michael L., editorial director.
National Endowment for the Humanities, sponsoring body.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, sponsoring body.
ISBN 9781951498535
1951498534
9781951498542
1951498542