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Harlot or holy woman? : a study of Hebrew qedešah / Phyllis A. Bird ; in collaboration with Anna Glenn.
LIBRA PJ4819.K43 B57 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bird, Phyllis A. (Phyllis Ann), 1934- author.
- Glenn, Anna, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Genesis XXXVIII, 21-22--Comparative studies.
- Bible.
- Bible. Deuteronomy XXIII, 18--Comparative studies.
- Ḳedeshah (The Hebrew word).
- Prostitution--Religious aspects.
- Prostitution.
- Women in the Bible.
- Women--Religious life--Middle East.
- Women.
- Sex in the Bible.
- Middle Eastern literature--Relation to the Old Testament.
- Middle Eastern literature.
- Manners and customs.
- Women--Religious life.
- Middle East--Civilization--To 622.
- Middle East.
- Civilization.
- Middle East--Social life and customs.
- Middle East Region.
- Genre:
- Comparative studies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 492 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : Eisenbrauns, [2019]
- Summary:
- "A study of the Hebrew term qedešah, meaning "consecrated woman," but translated "prostitute" or "sacred prostitute" in English Bibles. Offers an alternative explanation suggesting a wider participation for women in Israel's early cultic practice"-- Provided by publisher.
- "A study of the Hebrew term qede�sah, meaning "consecrated woman," but translated "prostitute" or "sacred prostitute" in English Bibles. Offers an alternative explanation suggesting a wider participation for women in Israel's early cultic practice"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Sacred Prostitution as interpretive construct
- Sir James George Frazer and the concept of sacred prostitution
- Classical sources in constructions of Sacred Prostitution
- New sources from ancient Near East
- Qedešah in the Hebrew Bible
- Synopsis of classical sources in constructions of Sacred Prostitution
- Synopsis of qadišu/NU.GIG tests
- Bu-gig in early Sumerian texts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781575069814
- 1575069814
- OCLC:
- 1090688860
- Publisher Number:
- 99983746434
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