Circumcision and Circumstance: Male Genital Mutilation in Ancient Israel and Ugarit

Circumcision appears in Genesis 17 as an infant rite, and mark of the covenant; Genesis 34 and Exod. 4.24-26 are written against a background of an adult rite, associated with marriage and fertility. By means of an attempted literary history of the motif, this study attempts a historical reconstruct...

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Auteur principal: Wyatt, Nick (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Sage 2009
Dans: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Année: 2009, Volume: 33, Numéro: 4, Pages: 405-431
Sujets non-standardisés:B Rituel
B Covenant
B identity-markers
B Election
B rites of passage
B Circumcision
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Édition parallèle:Électronique
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Résumé:Circumcision appears in Genesis 17 as an infant rite, and mark of the covenant; Genesis 34 and Exod. 4.24-26 are written against a background of an adult rite, associated with marriage and fertility. By means of an attempted literary history of the motif, this study attempts a historical reconstruction of the evolution of the ritual tradition, from common West Semitic marital rite de passage into specifically Jewish infant rite of social integration.
ISSN:1476-6728
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0309089209105687