Sign of the covenant : circumcision in the priestly tradition /

By:

Bernat, David A

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English, Hebrew Original language: Hebrew Series: Ancient Israel and its literature ; no. 3.Publication details: Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, ©2009.Description: xii, 163 pages. ; 23 cmISBN:

9781589834095 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1589834097 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781589834101 (electronic library copy : alk. paper)
1589834100 (electronic library copy : alk. paper)

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LOC classification:

BS1199.C52 B47 2009b

Contents:

Pt. 1. Actual genital circumcision. Circumcision and [bryt] -- Circumcision, status, and sexuality -- Circumcision and the cult -- pt. 2. Foreskin metaphors. Exodus 6 : Moses' foreskinned lips -- Leviticus 19 : foreskinned fruit trees -- Leviticus 26 : Israel's foreskinned heart -- Epilogue: Circumcision and the exile.

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Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph.D)--Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., 2002.

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