...and made us into men." 57 Where the exegetical tradition is concerned, Philo claims that "progress is nothing else than the giving up of the female gender by changing into the male." 58 Jerome too promises that the woman who leaves her husband for Jesus "will cease to be a woman and...

...and made us into men."57 Where the exegetical tradition is concerned, Philo claims that "progress is nothing else than the giving up of the female gender by changing into the male."58 Jerome too promises that the woman who leaves her husband for Jesus "will cease to be a woman...

...I have said, it indicares perfect ptogress, and at the same time, the male, for progress is norhing else than the giving up of the female gender by changing into the male, since the female gender is maretial, passive, corporal and sense- perceprible, while the male is active, rational, incorporeal...

...greatness, for he has prepared us and made us into men.' Philo of Alexandria proclaimed that 'progress is nothing else than the giving up of the female gender by changing into the male'. And Jerome, who alongside Tertullian may be considered the founding father of Christian antifeminism,...

...Judaeus catalogues them in his larger attempt to combine Platonism and Judaism. For Philo, spiritual progress is indeed nothing else than the giving up...female gender is material, passive, corporeal, and sense perceptible, while the male is active, rational, incorporeal, and more akin to mind and thought."...

...made womanish. and relaxed hy sofmess. hut that the female element. the senses. may he made manly." For progress is indeed nothing else than the giving up of the female hy changing into the male. since the female is material. passive. corporeal. and sense-perceptihle....

...Judaeus catalogs them in his larger attempt to combine Platonism and Judaism. For Philo, spiritual progress "is indeed nothing else than the giving up...female gender is material, passive, corporeal, and sense perceptible, while the male is active, rational, incorporeal, and !0 In general, I will be referring...

...The sentiment of Philo Judeus in the first century was common among the church fathers; "Progress is nothing else than the giving up of the female gender by changing into the male.""' It is difficult to see any connection between self-abnegation, in whatever form, and feminism. How...

...The sentiment of Philo Judeus in the first century was common among the church fathers: "Progress is nothing else than the giving up of the female gender by changing into the male."4" It is difficult to see any connection between self-abnegation, in whatever form, and feminism....

...off and transformed into the male spirit who is transcendent and active. Elizabeth Castelli argues: "For progress is indeed nothing else than the giving up of the female by changing into the male, since the female is material, passive corporeal, and sense-perceptible,...