What Makes a Thing Abominable?
Previous attempts to synthesise biblical texts’ usage of twʿbh have associated the language with cultic concerns in Deuteronomy and Ezekiel or with ethical concerns in Proverbs. The reconciliation of these interests, especially in conjunction with a number of additional outlier texts, has proved pro...
| Published in: | Vetus Testamentum |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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| In: |
Vetus Testamentum
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Hebrew language
/ Noun
/ tôʿevah
/ Verb
/ tʿb (Word)
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
twʿbh, tʿb
abomination, to abhor
Israelite ethnic identity
Proverbs
Deuteronomy
Ezekiel
Genesis
Leviticus
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | Previous attempts to synthesise biblical texts’ usage of twʿbh have associated the language with cultic concerns in Deuteronomy and Ezekiel or with ethical concerns in Proverbs. The reconciliation of these interests, especially in conjunction with a number of additional outlier texts, has proved problematic. This investigation suggests that the texts which use twʿbh and tʿb exhibit a persistent focus on issues of identity, on the transgression of boundaries and on perceptions of the compatibility and incompatibility of fundamental social, theological and ideological categories. This understanding goes some way towards providing an explanation of the diverse appearances of these terms across the biblical texts. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5330 |
| Contains: | In: Vetus Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12301217 |