Title Jewish women philosophers of first-century Alexandria : Philo's 'Therapeutae' reconsidered / Joan E. Taylor

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 417 pages) : illustrations Summary This text presents a study of the 'Therapeutae', a group of ascetic Jewish philosophers who lived outside Alexandria in the middle of the first century CE. It focuses particularly on issues of history, rhetoric, women, and gender as part of a wider examination of this group Notes Originally published: 2003 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Therapeutae. Jewish philosophers -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History Jewish philosophy -- History Women philosophers -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History Judaism -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History -- To 70 A.D Jewish philosophers Jewish philosophy Judaism Therapeutae Women philosophers Egypt -- Alexandria Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0199259615 9780199259618 9780199291410 0199291411

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