Body, Gender and Purity in Leviticus 12 and 15

Zusatztext On the whole there is much here to appreciate ... There are observations aplenty to debate ... It would not be safe for anyone working in the area to ignore this book. Informationen zum Autor Dorothea Erbele-Kuester is currently visiting professor at Heidelburg University in Germany. She is a member of the Centre for Ethics in Antiquity and Christianity at Mainz University, Germany, and has been teaching n Belgium and the Netherlands. Vorwort Explores the ways in which the male and female body is constructed in Leviticus 12 and 15 and how its reception history unfolds. Zusammenfassung The so-called purity laws in Leviticus 11-15 reflect a cultic and social view of the male and female body. These texts do not give detailed physiological descriptions. Instead, they prescribe what to do in the cases of skin disease, delivery and wo/man's genital discharges, but the particular way of dealing with the body and the language used in Leviticus 12 and 15 ask for clarification: how do these texts construct the male and female body? Which roles does gender play within this language? By means of themes such as menstruation and circumcision, Erbele-Kuester unfolds the language used for the body in Leviticus and its interpretation history. Her study provides material for a contemporary anthropology of bodies which relates the human sexed body to God's holiness. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Mapping Part 1: Exegetical Analysis Chapter 2; Leviticus 12Chapter 3: Leviticus 15 Part 2: Biblical Anthropology as Discourse of the Body Chapter 4: FleshChapter 5: Bodily FluidsChapter 6: MenstruationChapter 7: The Cultic PerspectiveChapter 8: ProspectsBibliography

Product details

• Authors: Dorothea Erbele-Kuster, Dorothea Erbele-Küster, Erbele-Kuster Dorothea
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.08.2022
• EAN: 9780567708762
• ISBN: 978-0-567-70876-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Old Testaments