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Joseph as eunuch (1)

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03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices




03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices



Keywords
eunuchs
Period
1st century CE
Roman Empire
Channel
Jewish-Roman philosophers and scholars


Text
Philo of Alexandria, Allegorical Interpretation 3.84 (236-237):
According to another account (= interpretation) it would be noblest to become a eunuch, if (in this way) our soul should be able to escape wickedness and unlearn passion. So Joseph too, the self-controlling character, when pleasure says to him ‘Sleep with me and, being human, indulge in human passions and enjoy the delights that come in life’s course’, refuses to comply with her.


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Philo of Alexandria, Allegorical Interpretation 3.84 (236-237)

Bibliography

Abusch 2002, 111Abusch, Ra'anan. “Eunuchs and gender transformation. Philo's exegesis of the Joseph narrative.” In: Shaun Tougher (ed.). Eunuchs in Antiquity and Beyond. Swansea: The Classical Press of Wales, London: Duckworth 2002, 103-122.

Amar Annus


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