First-degree incest and the Hebrew Bible : sex in the family / by Johanna Stiebert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stiebert, Johanna, author.

Series:

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 596.

T & T Clark Library of Biblical studies

Library of Hebrew Bible / Old Testament studies ; 596

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Incest--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Incest.

Jewish mythology.

Physical Description:

xi, 228 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.

Summary:

Incest' refers to illegal sexual relations between family members. Its precise contours, however, are culturally specific. Hence, an illegal incestuous union in one social context may be a legal close-kin union in another. First-degree sexual unions, between a parent and child, or between siblings, are most widely prohibited and abhorred. This book discusses all overt and covert first-degree incest relations in the Hebrew Bible and also probes the significance of gaps and what these imply about projected sexual and social values. As the dominant opinion on the origin of first-degree incest continues to be shaped, new voices such as those of queer and post-feminist criticism have joined the conversation. It navigates not only the incest laws of Leviticus and the narratives of Lot and his daughters and of Amnon and Tamar but pursues subtler intimations of first-degree sexual unions, such as between Adam and his (absent but arguably implied) mother, Haran and Terah's wife, Ham and Noah.0In pursuing the psycho-social values that may be drawn from the Hebrew Bible regarding first-degree incest, this book will provide a thorough review of incest studies from the early 20th century onward and explain and assess the contribution of very recent critical approaches from queer and post-feminist perspectives.

Contents:

Introduction

Reasons and rationale for incest taboos

First-degree incest and the Hebrew bible - Non-narrative texts

First-degree incest and the Hebrew bible - Narrative texts

Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-215) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780567600332

0567600335

OCLC:

949219297