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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797697403321

Autore

Goldstein Elizabeth W.

Titolo

Impurity and gender in the Hebrew Bible / / Elizabeth W. Goldstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-0081-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (147 p.)

Disciplina

296.7/4209

Soggetti

Purity, Ritual - Biblical teaching

Purity, Ritual - Judaism - History of doctrines

Women - Biblical teaching

Women - Religious aspects - Judaism

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.