Menstruation and impurity: regular abstention from the cult according to Leviticus 15:19-24 and some examples for the reception of the biblical text in early Judaism
The biblical instructions in Leviticus 15:19-24 about women's regular shedding of the uterine lining and their religious activity mostly refer to male conceptualizations of the female body in Antiquity: The male concepts consider women during their menses as unable to participate in the cult. T...
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Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2015
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Religion and female body in ancient Judaism and its environments
Year: 2015, Pages: 54-70 |
RelBib Classification: | HB Old Testament |
Further subjects: | B
Menstruation
B Impurity B Bible. Levitikus 15,19-24 B Purity B Early Judaism B Leviticus 15 |
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