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Sexual pollution in the Hebrew Bible /

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The concepts of purity and pollution are fundamental to the worldview reflected in the Hebrew Bible, yet this is the first book to examine the ways biblical texts apply these concepts to sexual relationships. Drawing on psychological and cross-cultural studies as well as on philological and historic...

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Main Author: Feinstein, Eve Levavi (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Bible. > Leviticus, XVIII > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Old Testament > Feminist criticism.
Bible. > Old Testament
Sex in the Bible.
Women in the Bible.
Purity, Ritual > Biblical teaching.
Sexualité dans la Bible.
Femmes dans la Bible.
Pureté rituelle > Enseignement biblique.
RELIGION > Biblical Criticism & Interpretation > Old Testament.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
RELIGION > Sexuality & Gender Studies.
Feminist criticism
Purity, Ritual > Biblical teaching
Sex in the Bible
Women in the Bible
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Judaism.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The concepts of purity and pollution are fundamental to the worldview reflected in the Hebrew Bible, yet this is the first book to examine the ways biblical texts apply these concepts to sexual relationships. Drawing on psychological and cross-cultural studies as well as on philological and historical-critical analysis of biblical texts, this book argues that the concept of pollution is rooted in disgust and that pollution language applied to sexual relations expresses a sense of bodily contamination resulting from revulsion.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199395569
019939556X