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My brother Esau is a hairy man : hair and identity in ancient Israel
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Niditch, Susan, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hair--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Hair.
- Hair--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (159 p.) : ill.
- Other Title:
- My brother Esau is a hairy man
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this work, Susan Niditch seeks a deeper understanding of Israelite culture as expressed, shaped and reinforced in images of hair - a complex symbol drawn from the body. In addition to Biblical texts, Niditch looks at pictorial representations of hair and other material evidence.
- Contents:
- Hair in material culture and art of the ancient Near East
- Samson : maleness, charisma, warrior status, and hair
- Nazirite vow : domesticating charisma and recontextualizing hair
- Absent hair
- Letting down her hair or cutting it off : the ritual trial of a woman accused of adultery and the transformation of the female other.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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