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Controlling corporeality : the body and the household in ancient Israel

Title
Controlling corporeality : the body and the household in ancient Israel / Jon L. Berquist.
Author
Berquist, Jon L.
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2002.

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Description
xi, 238 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • Bible
  • Bibel
  • Bible > Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • To 70
  • Human body > Biblical teaching
  • Sex > Biblical teaching
  • Households > Biblical teaching
  • Sociology, Biblical
  • 11.41 study and interpretation of the Old Testament
  • Human body > Biblical teaching
  • Manners and customs
  • Sex > Biblical teaching
  • Sociology, Biblical
  • Haushalt
  • Körper
  • Sexualität
  • Sozialgeschichte
  • Oude Testament
  • Lichamelijkheid
  • Sociologische aspecten
  • Palestine > Social life and customs > To 70 A.D
  • Middle East > Palestine
  • Israel Altertum
  • Israel (Altertum)
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-229) and indexes.
Contents
The whole body: Israelite perceptions of corporeal existence -- Sexuality and fertility: constructing the household of the body -- Boundaries of the body: sexuality outside the household -- The stages of the body: constructions of the aging process -- Foreign bodies: reactions against the stranger -- The body of the temple: priests and the religious regulation of the body -- Intercourse with the world: Hellenism and the incorporation of Judaism.
ISBN
  • 0813530156
  • 9780813530154
  • 0813530164
  • 9780813530161
LCCN
2001019842
OCLC
  • ocm46729142
  • 46729142
  • SCSB-1243425
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library