Listening with the Body, Seeing through the Ears: Contextualizing Philo’s Lecture Event in On the Contemplative Life
This article compares Philo’s portrayal of the lecture event among the Therapeutae with other reading and philosophical communities throughout the high Roman Empire. It shows how learning to listen properly plays an important role in constructing and defending one’s masculinity in certain elite comm...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Year: 2016, Volume: 47, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 447-474 |
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Philo
Therapeutae
Therapeutrides
lecture
listening
masculinity
De Vita Contemplativa
Plutarch
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