| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 132 pages) |
| Series |
T & T Clark library of biblical studies |
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Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 476 |
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T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
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Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 476.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Methodological considerations -- Anthropological approaches to understanding incest prohibitions -- A formal analysis of Israel's kinship terminology -- Preferred marriage, post-marital residence, and descent in ancient Israel -- Incest in Leviticus 18 and the Pentateuchal narratives : a socio-structural reading -- Conclusions: Israelite kinship & the internal logic of Leviticus |
| Summary |
In€ order to assess the purpose and function of the incest narratives in the Pentateuch and the incest prohibitions of Leviticus 18, McClenney-Sadler's book offers a formal examination of ancient Israelite kniship terminology. According to anthropologists, only through a formal analysis of kin terms can incest prohibitions be properly understood. A formal analysis of kinship terms is a method employed ny ethnographers to compare the kinship system of any given society with one of the six conventionally recognized kinship systems worldwide. €There are very specific culturally patterne |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-126) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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| SUBJECT |
Bible. Leviticus -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Leviticus fast |
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Kinship -- Biblical teaching
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780567432438 |
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0567432432 |
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1283199548 |
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9781283199544 |
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9786613199546 |
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6613199540 |
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