Philo's Use of the Categories Male and Female

Philo\'s Use of the Categories Male and Female / Richard A. Baer, Jr.\r......Page 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 4
PREFACE......Page 7
A. Brief Survey of the Literature......Page 9
1. Philo\'s Soteriological Orientation......Page 12
2. Philo as a Philosopher......Page 13
3. Philo as an Exegete of Scripture......Page 14
4. Philo\'s Use of the Terms Μυθος and Μυστηριον......Page 16
A. Man\'s Dual Nature......Page 22
1. The Oneness and Indivisibility of the Rational Soul; the Male-Female Polarity......Page 24
a. The Problem......Page 28
b. Philo Uses Both Genesis 1:27 and 2:7 to Establish the God-like Nature of Man\'s Higher Nous......Page 29
c. The Sequence of Creation in De Opificio Mundi......Page 34
d. Exegesis of De Opificio Mundi 134 ff.......Page 37
1. The Πρωτος Ανθρωπος (De Opificio Mundi 136 ff.)......Page 43
a. Man Symbolizes Νους, Woman Αισθησις......Page 46
b. Philo\'s Use of Female Terminology in Relationship to his Evaluation of Man\'s Irrational Soul......Page 48
A. Becoming Male......Page 53
B. Becoming One......Page 57
C. Becoming a Virgin......Page 59
D. A Comparison of the Contexts in which the Motifs of Becoming Male, Becoming One, and Becoming a Virgin Occur......Page 62
E. The Divine Impregnation of the Soul......Page 63
A. Summary of Preceding Discussion......Page 73
1. The Use of the Categories Male and Female in Gnostic Writings......Page 74
2. Becoming Male......Page 77
3. Becoming One......Page 80
4. Becoming a Virgin......Page 83
1. The Evaluation of the Created World......Page 84
2. Eschatology and the Problem of the Present Realization of the Telos of Man\'s Existence......Page 86
Appendix A. The Relationship between De Opificio Mundi and Legum Allegoria in Reference to the Man Created after the Image of God......Page 89
Appendix B. The Use of the Term Androgynous in Reference to the Generic Man of Legum Allegoria II:13 and De Opificio Mundi 76......Page 91
Appendix C. Additional Notes on Philo\'s Understanding of the Soul......Page 92
Appendix D. Additional Notes on Philo\'s Use of the Androgynous Man Motif and his Account of the Creation of Woman......Page 95
1. Positive Orientation towards Man\'s Lower Nature and the Created World......Page 97
2. Negative Orientation towards Man\'s Lower Nature and the Created World......Page 99
Appendix F. A Note on Sexual Intercourse and Procreation in Philo\'s Writings......Page 102
Appendix G. The Exposition in Contrast to the Allegory and the Questions and Answers in Relationship to their Evaluation of the Created World......Page 103
Appendix H. The Influence of Hellenistic Prophetism on Philo\'s Use of Virgin Terminology in Connection with the Divine Impregnation Motif: A Critical Note on Hans Leisegang\'s Book Pneuma Hagion......Page 104
Appendix I. Philo\'s Description of the Therapeutae in De Vita Contemplativa in Reference to the Categories Male and Female......Page 106
Appendix J. Sexual Intercourse and Prayer......Page 109
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 111
INDEX OF REFERENCES......Page 115
INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND NAMES......Page 121