Circumcision as a malleable symbol / Nina E. Livesey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Livesey, Nina E., 1953-

Series:

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2.Reihe - Band 295

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe, 0340-9570 ; 295

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Circumcision--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Circumcision.

Berit milah.

Circumcision--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Circumcision--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1. Aufl.

Place of Publication:

Tubingen : Mohr Siebeck, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hauptbeschreibung Through a detailed evaluation of treatments of circumcision in the primary authors of the second century BCE to the first century CE, Nina E. Livesey demonstrates that there is no common or universally recognized meaning for the Jewish rite of circumcision. The meaning of circumcision is contingent upon its literary context. The strength of this volume is in its detailed textual analysis of circumcision, attending to the nuances within each text's treatment of circumcision. At the same time, it provides ample evidence of each author's unrestricted use of the rite o

Contents:

Introduction

Circumcision in 1 Maccabees, Jubilees, 2 and 4 Maccabees

Circumcision in Josephus

Circumcision in Philo

Circumcision in Paul's letters

A brief history of the interpretation of circumcision.

Notes:

Druckversion

Revised thesis (Ph.D.) - Southern Methodist University, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-179) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-04499-3

9786613518569

3-16-151638-9

OCLC:

782878952