Philo's Perception of Women (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781930675988)

Philo was a Greek-educated but observant Jew who lived during the time of Jesus and Paul. According to the author, Philo's writings synthesized earlier Greek and Jewish perceptions of women. Although Philo accepts the female as good because created by God, Sly argues that Philo nevertheless saw women as necessarily subservient and under the control of men. Thus his writings express some of the earliest sources for repressive attitudes towards women, and suggest that similar attitudes exhibited by the church fathers may be traced through Philo to earlier traditions.

Author: Dorothy Sly
ISBN-10: 1930675984
ISBN-13: 9781930675988
Publisher: Brown Judaic Studies
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2015
Pages: 282
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d