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PHILO'S USE OF THE CATEGORIES MALE AND FEMALE 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 7 PREFACE 11 I. INTRODUCTION: PHILO'S METHOD AND BASIC CONCERNS 13 A. Brief Survey of the Literature 13 B. Philo's Goal and Method 16 1. Philo's Soteriological Orientation 16 2. Philo as a Philosopher 17 3. Philo as an Exegete of Scripture 18 4. Philo's Use of the Terms Mῦθoς and Mυστήριoυ 20 II. THE CATEGORIES MALE AND FEMALE IN RELATIONSHIP TO PHILO'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF MAN 26 A. Man's Dual Nature 26 B. Man's Higher Nature: the Realm of the Asexual 28 1. The Oneness and Indivisibility of the Rational Soul; the Male-Female Polarity 28 2. The Categories Male and Female in Reference to the Man Created after the Image of God Referred to in De Opificio Mundi 134 32 a. The Problem 32 b. Philo Uses Both Genesis 1:27 and 2:7 to Establish the God-like Nature of Man's Higher Nous 33 c. The Sequence of Creation in De Opificio Mundi 38 d. Exegesis of De Opificio Mundi 134 ff 41 C. Man's Lower Nature: the Realm of Male and Female 47 1. The Пρῶτoς "Aνθρωπoς (De Opificio Mundi 136 ff.) 47 2. Man's Present Situation 50 a. Man Symbolizes Noυς Woman Aἴσθησις 50 b. Philo's Use of Female Terminology in Relationship to his
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- Author
- Richard Arthur Baer
- Publisher
- E.J. Brill
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789004331792
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Judaism, History, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25