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Hermeneutics of holiness [electronic resource] : ancient Jewish and Christian notions of sexuality and religious community / Naomi Koltun-Fromm.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 309 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780199736485 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0199736480 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 241/.660915 22
LOC classification:
  • BS680.S5 K65 2010eb
Online resources: Summary: This text 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-292) and indexes.

This text 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.

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