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Hermeneutics of holiness : ancient Jewish and Christian notions of sexuality and religious community /

This text tells the story of how the biblical notions of 'holy person' or 'holy community' comes to be defined by sexual and marriage practices by various interpretive communities in late antiquity. Koltun-Fromm argues that the biblical texts already create a link between holines...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koltun-Fromm, Naomi, 1964-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Bible > Extra-canonical parallels.
Bible > Parallèles extracanoniques.
Bible
Sex > Biblical teaching.
Communities > Biblical teaching.
Holiness > Biblical teaching.
Sexualité > Enseignement biblique.
Communauté > Enseignement biblique.
Sainteté > Enseignement biblique.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Ethics.
Communities > Biblical teaching
Extra-canonical parallels
Holiness > Biblical teaching
Sex > Biblical teaching
Jodendom.
Syrische kerken.
Seksualiteit.
Heiligheid.
Seksuele onthouding.
Vroege christendom.
Mesopotamië
Perzische-Golfgebied.
Electronic books.
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Summary:This text tells the story of how the biblical notions of 'holy person' or 'holy community' comes to be defined by sexual and marriage practices by various interpretive communities in late antiquity. Koltun-Fromm argues that the biblical texts already create a link between holiness and sexuality which is further interpreted by later readers.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 309 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780199741748
0199741743
9780199866427
0199866422