Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Jewish women philosophers of first-century Alexandria

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

711059151

Responsibility statement

Joan E. Taylor

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

Philo's 'Therapeutae' reconsidered

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

Target audience

specialized

Classification