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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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Sage
2009
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Jahr: 2009, Band: 33, Heft: 4, Seiten: 405-431 |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Covenant
B identity-markers B Ritual B Election B rites of passage B Circumcision |
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Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
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ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0309089209105687 |