Body, gender and purity in Leviticus 12 and 15
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Body, gender and purity in Leviticus 12 and 15
（Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies, 539）（T & T Clark library of Biblical studies）
Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017
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Bibliography: p. [164]-175
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Mapping Part 1: Exegetical Analysis Chapter 2
- Leviticus 12 Chapter 3: Leviticus 15 Part 2: Biblical Anthropology as Discourse of the Body Chapter 4: Flesh Chapter 5: Bodily Fluids Chapter 6: Menstruation Chapter 7: The Cultic Perspective Chapter 8: Prospects Bibliography
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