Controlling corporeality : the body and the household in ancient Israel

Title
  1. Controlling corporeality : the body and the household in ancient Israel / Jon L. Berquist.
Published by
  1. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2002.
Author
  1. Berquist, Jon L.

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Description
  1. xi, 238 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  1. Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
  2. Bible
  3. Bibel
  4. Bible > Criticism, interpretation, etc
  5. To 70
  6. Human body > Biblical teaching
  7. Sex > Biblical teaching
  8. Households > Biblical teaching
  9. Sociology, Biblical
  10. 11.41 study and interpretation of the Old Testament
  11. Human body > Biblical teaching
  12. Manners and customs
  13. Sex > Biblical teaching
  14. Sociology, Biblical
  15. Haushalt
  16. Körper
  17. Sexualität
  18. Sozialgeschichte
  19. Oude Testament
  20. Lichamelijkheid
  21. Sociologische aspecten
  22. Palestine > Social life and customs > To 70 A.D
  23. Middle East > Palestine
  24. Israel Altertum
  25. Israel (Altertum)
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Contents
  1. The whole body: Israelite perceptions of corporeal existence -- Sexuality and fertility: constructing the household of the body -- Boundaries of the body: sexuality outside the household -- The stages of the body: constructions of the aging process -- Foreign bodies: reactions against the stranger -- The body of the temple: priests and the religious regulation of the body -- Intercourse with the world: Hellenism and the incorporation of Judaism.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-229) and indexes.