The Body in Biblical, Christian and Jewish Texts Paperback / softback
Edited by Professor Joan E. (King's College London, UK) Taylor
Part of the The Library of Second Temple Studies series
Paperback / softback
Description
The body is an entity on which religious ideology is printed.
Thus it is frequently a subject of interest, anxiety, prescription and regulation in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, as well as in early Christian and Jewish writings.
Issues such as the body's age, purity, sickness, ability, gender, sexual actions, marking, clothing, modesty or placement can revolve around what the body is and is not supposed to be or do. The Body in Biblical, Christian and Jewish Texts comprises a range of inter-disciplinary and creative explorations of the body as it is described and defined in religious literature, with chapters largely written by new scholars with fresh perspectives.
This is a subject with wide and important repercussions in diverse cultural contexts today.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages, 10 illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:17/12/2015
- ISBN:9780567666079
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages, 10 illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:17/12/2015
- ISBN:9780567666079
