Syzygies in Philo of Alexandria
The article concerns the problems of “categorical interpretation” of matrimonial images of the Old Testament by Philo of Alexandria. The author proposes that Philo perceived female images as objectivated aspects of corresponding types of mind (represented by male images), draws parallels between thi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | ell |
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Novosibirsk State University Press
2009-06-01
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| Series: | SCHOLE |
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| Online Access: | http://www.nsu.ru/classics/schole/3/3-2-kam.pdf |
| Summary: | The article concerns the problems of “categorical interpretation” of matrimonial images of the Old Testament by Philo of Alexandria. The author proposes that Philo perceived female images as objectivated aspects of corresponding types of mind (represented by male images), draws parallels between this concept and the dialectic of emanation in Platonism, and proposes some analogies with Gnostic teaching about syzygies. |
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| ISSN: | 1995-4328 1995-4336 |