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Sexual Pollution in the Hebrew Bible
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Sexual Pollution in the Hebrew Bible argues that, when applied to sexual relations, pollution language usually reflects a conception of women as sexual property susceptible to being "ruined" for particular men through contamination by others. In contrast, however, the Holiness legislation of the Pentateuch applies such language to men who engage in transgressive sexual relations, conveying the idea that male bodily purity is a prerequisite for individual and communal holiness.
This understanding of sexual pollution, found in Leviticus 18, has a profound impact on later texts. In the book of Ezekiel, it contributes to a broader conception of pollution resulting from Israel's sins, which bring about the Babylonian exile. In the book of Ezra, it figures in a view of the Israelite community as a body of males contaminated by foreign women. Drawing on psychological and cross-cultural studies as well as philological and historical-critical analysis of biblical texts, Eve Feinsteins study illuminates the reasons why the idea of pollution adheres to particular domains of experience, including sex, death, and certain types of infirmity.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
306
Release Date:
2014-09-29
Publication Date:
2014-09-29
Publisher:
OUP US
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0199395543
ISBN13:
9780199395545
Weight:
681 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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