Hermeneutics of holiness
Subtitle: ancient Jewish and Christian notions of sexuality and religious community
By: by Naomi Koltun-Fromm
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199736485
Table of contents: title: In the beginning: holiness in the Bible; title: Holy seed or holy deed: sexuality between holiness and purity in second temple literature; title: Holiness perfected: Pauline constructs of holy community; title: Mother-city of all evils: sexuality vs. holiness in early Syriac Christian literature; title: Wedding garments and holy yokes: celibacy and holiness in Aphrahat the Persian sage; title: Zipporah's complaint: Moses is not conscientious in the deed: exegetical traditions of Moses' celibacy; title: Sanctify yourself: rabbinic notions of holiness and sexuality.