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Religion and female body in ancient Judaism and its environments /

"This volume publishes papers read at the ninth International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, Budapest, 2012. The authors explore various aspects of manifestations of the female principle within the literature of the Ancient Near East, Early Judaism, and the nascent Christianity"...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Xeravits, Géza G. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Walter de Gruyter, [2015]
Colección:Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies ; v. 28.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface; Contents; Mesopotamia; The Voices of Ištar; The Hebrew Bible and Its Environments; The Female Body in Israel and Judah before the Exile; Menstruation and Impurity; Early Judaism; "She Undid Him with the Beauty of Her Face" (Jdt 16.6); The Female Body in Second Temple Literature; The Personification of Wisdom and Folly as Women in Ancient Judaism; "Pillars of Gold on a Silver Base:"; Women's Roles in the Narrative and Theology of the Book of Tobit; Judith as a Female David; Christianity and Gnosticism; Female Imagery in the Book of Revelation; Female Body?; The City without Women.