Sexual pollution in the Hebrew Bible
Feinstein, Eve LevaviAuthor
The concepts of purity and pollution are fundamental to the worldview reflected in the Hebrew Bible, yet this is the first book to examine the ways biblical texts apply these concepts to sexual relationships. Drawing on psychological and cross-cultural studies as well as on philological and historical-critical analysis of biblical texts, this book argues that the concept of pollution is rooted in disgust and that pollution language applied to sexual relations expresses a sense of bodily contamination resulting from revulsion.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The concepts of purity and pollution are fundamental to the worldview reflected in the Hebrew Bible, yet this is the first book to examine the ways biblical texts apply these concepts to sexual relationships. Drawing on psychological and cross-cultural studies as well as on philological and historical-critical analysis of biblical texts, this book argues that the concept of pollution is rooted in disgust and that pollution language applied to sexual relations expresses a sense of bodily contamination resulting from revulsion.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 14, 2014).
Bible.
Bible.
Sex in the Bible
Women in the Bible
Purity, Ritual
Religion
Philosophy & Religion
Judaism