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

• Autore: Gur-Klein Thalia
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2014; Sheffield : , : Equinox Pub. Ltd, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (335 p.)
• Disciplina: 221.8/3067; 221.83067
• Soggetto topico: Bible. Old Testament -- Social scientific criticism; Hospitality in the Bible; Sex in the Bible
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Sexual Hospitality in the Hebrew Bible
• ISBN: 1-317-54566-4; 1-315-72935-0; 1-317-54567-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788093503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II