Saturday, July 01, 2023

Philo and the Rabbis on Moses' celibacy

PROF. KAREN STRAND WINSLOW: Moses Separated from His Wife: Between Greek Philosophy and Rabbinic Exegesis (TheTorah.com).
Both Philo of Alexandria (c. 25 B.C.E. – 50 C.E.) and some later rabbinic interpreters insist that Moses remained celibate so that he might always be pure and ready to hear YHWH, but each arrived at this conclusion through a different approach.

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