Hair in the Bible and in ancient Egyptian culture: cultural and private connotations
In Ancient Egypt, hair served as a code to indicate social status, testifying to class, gender, and age, and reinforcing an elitist conception of the order of existence. In the Bible, however, hair transmitted a message relating to the life of the person as an individual, and it indicated an inner p...
| Published in: | Biblische Notizen |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Herder
2005
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Biblische Notizen
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Egypt (Antiquity)
/ Hair
/ Old Testament
B Egypt (Antiquity) / Culture |
| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture HA Bible HB Old Testament TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible
B Anthropology |
| Summary: | In Ancient Egypt, hair served as a code to indicate social status, testifying to class, gender, and age, and reinforcing an elitist conception of the order of existence. In the Bible, however, hair transmitted a message relating to the life of the person as an individual, and it indicated an inner psychological processes experienced by that person. This article will emphasize the variations of the message that was conveyed by hair in Egypt as compared to the Bible. Im antiken Ägypten war das Haar ein Statussymbol, an dem sich der gesellschaftliche Stand, das Geschlecht und das Alter ablesen ließen; es unterschied das elitäre Weltbild, das der Ordnung der Dinge zugrunde lag. In der Bibel dagegen gab das Haar Auskünfte über den Einzelnen als Privatperson und über sein seelisches Innenleben. Dieser Aufsatz vergleicht die verschiedenen Funktionen, die das Haar in Ägypten und in der Bibel erfüllte. |
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| ISSN: | 0178-2967 |
| Contains: | In: Biblische Notizen
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