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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788093503321

Autore

Gur-Klein Thalia

Titolo

Sexual Hospitality in the Hebrew Bible [[electronic resource] ] : Patronymic, Metronymic, Legitimate and Illegitimate Relations

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2014

Sheffield : , : Equinox Pub. Ltd, , 2013

ISBN

1-317-54566-4

1-315-72935-0

1-317-54567-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Collana

Gender, theology, and spirituality

Disciplina

221.8/3067

221.83067

Soggetti

Bible. Old Testament -- Social scientific criticism

Hospitality in the Bible

Sex in the Bible

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-321) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Patriarch hospitality and sexual hospitality; 2. Marital and non-marital systems; 3. Baal marriage of dominion; 4. Metronymic marriage: remaining with kin - counter-patterns of baal marriage; 5. Intersecting patterns and conflicting imperatives; 6. Widow marriage, land and kin surrogacy; Epilogue: moral imagination; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A woman's life in the ancient world was constrained by her social and economic status. As a daughter she was firmly under the aegis of her father and brothers, who would later allocate the woman to another man as his wife. The power of fathers and husbands extended to using their wives and daughters as sexual gifts to gain favour. Yet, alongside this, woman had certain socio-economic rights notably concerning inheritance and property - which they could use to protect themselves. 'Sexual Hospitality in the Hebrew Bible' examines sacred sexuality and ritual fecundity from patronymic marriage - w