Hermeneutics of holiness ancient Jewish and Christian notions of sexuality and religious community /

Koltun-Fromm, Naomi, 1964-

Hermeneutics of holiness ancient Jewish and Christian notions of sexuality and religious community / [electronic resource] : Naomi Koltun-Fromm. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xii, 309 p.)

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.

9780199736485 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0199736480 (hbk. : alk. paper)

9786612768361

276836 MIL


Bible--Extra-canonical parallels.


Sex--Biblical teaching.
Communities--Biblical teaching.
Holiness--Biblical teaching.


Electronic books.

BS680.S5 / K65 2010eb

241/.660915