The Body in Biblical, Christian and Jewish Texts (Hardcover, New)


The body is an entity on which religious ideology is printed. Thus it is frequently a subject of interest, anxiety, prescription and regulation in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, as well as in early Christian and Jewish writings. Issues such as the body's age, purity, sickness, ability, gender, sexual actions, marking, clothing, modesty or placement can revolve around what the body is and is not supposed to be or do."The Body in Biblical, Christian and Jewish Texts" comprises a range of inter-disciplinary and creative explorations of the body as it is described and defined in religious literature, with chapters largely written by new scholars with fresh perspectives.. This is a subject with wide and important repercussions in diverse cultural contexts today.

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The body is an entity on which religious ideology is printed. Thus it is frequently a subject of interest, anxiety, prescription and regulation in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, as well as in early Christian and Jewish writings. Issues such as the body's age, purity, sickness, ability, gender, sexual actions, marking, clothing, modesty or placement can revolve around what the body is and is not supposed to be or do."The Body in Biblical, Christian and Jewish Texts" comprises a range of inter-disciplinary and creative explorations of the body as it is described and defined in religious literature, with chapters largely written by new scholars with fresh perspectives.. This is a subject with wide and important repercussions in diverse cultural contexts today.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

T. & T. Clark

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

The Library of Second Temple Studies

Release date

June 2014

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

August 2014

Editors

Dimensions

234 x 156 x 28mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

296

Edition

New

ISBN-13

978-0-567-25426-9

Barcode

9780567254269

Categories

LSN

0-567-25426-7



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