Witch-hunts, Purity, and Social Boundaries - The Expulsion of the Foreign Women in Ezra 9-10

Informationen zum Autor David Janzen is Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Durham University, UK. Zusammenfassung This anthropological study of the expulsion of the foreign women from the post-exilic community argues that it was the result of a witch-hunt. Its comparative approach notes that the community responded to its weak social boundaries in the same fashion as societies with similar social weaknesses.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Janzen
• Con la collaborazione di: Claudia V. Camp (Editore), Andrew Mein (Editore)
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.08.2002
• EAN: 9781841272924
• ISBN: 978-1-84127-292-4
• Pagine: 192
• Serie: JSOT Supplement (Hardcover); Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Te; JSOT Supplement (Hardcover); The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Analisi delle strutture sociali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, Social groups, Social, group or collective psychology, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Bible readings, selections and meditations, Social groups, communities and identities