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Impurity and gender in the Hebrew Bible / Elizabeth W. Goldstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldstein, Elizabeth W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Dead Sea scrolls.
- Purity, Ritual--Biblical teaching.
- Purity, Ritual.
- Purity, Ritual--Judaism--History of doctrines.
- Women--Biblical teaching.
- Women.
- Women--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (147 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Impurity and Gender in the Hebrew Bible explores the role of female blood in the Hebrew Bible and considers its theological implications for future understandings of purity and impurity in the Jewish religion.
- Contents:
- Narratives, genealogy, and gender in P
- Gender and impurity in P
- Expanding the notion of purity: gender, blood, and the Holiness code
- Blame it on a metaphor: female degradation and blood in Ezekiel
- Gender and impurity in Ezra-Nehemiah
- NDH as sin in the Scrolls
- Impurity in the foundation of Jews and Judaism.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4985-0081-1
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