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