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Body, Gender and Purity in Leviticus 12 and 15

by Germany) Dorothea Erbele-kuster (johannes-gutenberg-universitaet Mainz

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  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.1 cm

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The so-called purity laws in Leviticus 11-15 reflect a cultic and social view of the male and female body. These texts do not give detailed physiological descriptions. Instead, they prescribe what to do in the cases of skin disease, delivery and wo/man's genital discharges, but the particular way of dealing with the body and the language used in Leviticus 12 and 15 ask for clarification: how do these texts construct the male and female body? Which roles does gender play within this language?

By means of themes such as menstruation and circumcision, Erbele-Kuester unfolds the language used for the body in Leviticus and its interpretation history. Her study provides material for a contemporary anthropology of bodies which relates the human sexed body to God's holiness.

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  • Title

    Body, Gender and Purity in Leviticus 12 and 15

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

  • Published

    August 2022

  • Weight

    291g

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780567708762

  • ISBN-10

    0567708764

  • Eden Code

    5676704

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