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Author Sly, Dorothy, author.

Title Philo's perception of women / by Dorothy Sly ; Michael L. Satlow, managing editor.

Publication Info. Atlanta, Georgia : Scholars Press, [2020]
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Edition Second edition
Description 1 online resource (284 pages)
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Brown Judaic studies ; number 209
Brown Judaic studies ; no. 209.
Note Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--McMaster University).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Note PDF (JSTOR, viewed Apr 13, 2020).
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
Note 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
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 01, 2020).
Subject Philo, of Alexandria.
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
Bible. Ancien Testament -- Critique, interprétation, etc. juives.
Philo, of Alexandria
Bible. Old Testament
Women in the Bible.
Women -- Biblical teaching.
Femmes dans la Bible.
Femmes -- Enseignement biblique.
Judaism.
Women -- Biblical teaching
Women in the Bible
Indexed Term Judaism
Genre/Form e-books.
Livres numériques.
Added Author Satlow, Michael L., editorial director.
National Endowment for the Humanities, sponsoring body.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, sponsoring body.
Other Form: Print version: Sly, Dorothy. Philo's perception of women. Atlanta, georgia : Scholars Press, 1990 9781555405007 (OCoLC)21870591
ISBN 9781951498535 (ebook)
1951498534 (ebook)
9781951498542 (electronic bk.)
1951498542 (electronic bk.)
Standard No. AU@ 000067027088
AU@ 000067150963

 
    
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