The body lived, cultured, adorned : essays on dress and the body in the Bible and ancient near east in honor of Nili S. Fox /

"Dressing and adorning of the body is a prominent motif woven within the writings of the Hebrew Bible. This volume adds to the growing literature on the topic, demonstrating ways in which both dress and the body communicate cultural and religious beliefs and practices. The body's lived exp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Garroway, Kristine Henriksen (Editor ), Palmer, Christine Elizabeth, 1970- (Editor ), Erisman, Angela Roskop, 1972- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Cincinnati, Ohio] : Hebrew Union College Press, [2022]
Temas:
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Old Testament.
Human body > Biblical teaching.
Biblical costume.
Clothing and dress > Middle East.
Identification (Religion)
LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical
Clothing and dress.
Middle East.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Abbreviations
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • The Body Lived
  • Chapter 1. Consider Her: Body-Talk as a Literary Strategy in the Book of Judges
  • Chapter 2. An Embodiment of Silence: The Hand-on-Mouth Gesture in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East
  • Chapter 3. Bodies of Hunger: Hunger as an Indicator of Social Instability in the Bible and Ramesside Egypt
  • Chapter 4. Drama in the Valley of Achor: Corporal Responses in Joshua 7
  • Chapter 5. Sanctified or Stigmatized: Social Branding through Smell in the Ancient Near East
  • The Body Cultured
  • Chapter 6. King of the Mountains: Reassessing Royal Representation on a Middle Assyrian Cult Pedestal
  • Chapter 7. Bodies in Lieu of Interest: Pledging Slaves as Collateral on Personal Loans in the Neo-Assyrian Period and Beyond
  • Chapter 8. Hair as Ritual Symbol in the Nazirite Vow: A Study of Biblical Hair Manipulation in Numbers 6:1-21
  • Chapter 9. Shaving It All Off: A Demeaning Priestly Prescription for the Levites in Numbers 8
  • Chapter 10. The Weeping Lady of Gilat: The Iconography of Affect and Rites of Passage
  • The Body Adorned
  • Chapter 11. An Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: The Style and Significance of Joseph's Garment
  • Chapter 12. Vulnerable Fabrics: Negation of Dress and Power in the Hebrew Bible
  • Chapter 13. The Gift that Keeps on Giving: Children and Clothing in the Hebrew Bible
  • Chapter 14. Embodied Remembrance: The Inscribed Priestly Seals in Israel's Worship
  • Chapter 15. And a Poor Man for a Pair of Shoes: A Peculiar Exegetical Twist on the Sale of Joseph
  • Index
  • Modern Authors
  • Primary Texts
  • Hebrew Bible
  • Ancient Near Eastern Sources
  • Papyri
  • Deuterocanonical and Pseudepigraphical Texts
  • Ancient Jewish Writers
  • Greek New Testament
  • Rabbinic Texts
  • Targumic Texts
  • Other Rabbinic and Later Jewish Works
  • Other Greek and Latin Texts
  • Piyyutim
  • Geniza Texts
  • Arabic Texts

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