Hermeneutics of Holiness Ancient Jewish and Christian Notions of Sexuality and Religious Community

Name: Hermeneutics of Holiness Ancient Jewish and Christian Notions of Sexuality and Religious Community
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ISBN: 9780199736485

ISBN-10: 0199736480

ISBN-13: 9780199736485

Edition: 2010

Authors: Naomi Koltun-Fromm

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This book tells the story of how the biblical notions of 'holy person' or 'holy community' comes to be defined by sexual and marriage practices by various interpretive communities in late antiquity. Koltun-Fromm argues that the biblical texts already create a link between holiness and sexuality which is further interpreted by later readers. Tracing this development from the biblical texts into the fourth century, she suggests that sexual practices among Jews and Christians, particularly ascetic sexual practices, are rooted in the history of biblical exegesis and tradition as much as in any other late ancient phenomena. Moreover holiness as sexual practice thus helped these groups demarcate…

Book details

List price: $160.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/24/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.61" wide x 9.65" long x 1.07" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Introduction






In the Beginning: Holiness in the Bible



Holy Seed or Holy Deed: Sexuality between Holiness and Purity in Second Temple Literature






Holiness Perfected: Pauline Constructs of Holy Community



Mother-City of All Evils: Sexuality vs. Holiness in Early Syriac Christian Literature






Wedding Garments and Holy Yokes: Celibacy and Holiness in Aphrahat the Persian Sage



Zipporah's Complaint: Moses is Not Conscientious in the Deed: Exegetical Traditions of Moses' Celibacy



Sanctify Yourself: Rabbinic Notions of Holiness and Sexuality


Conclusion