Pigs, Purity, and Patrilineality: The Multiparity of Swine and Its Problems for Biblical Ritual and Gender Construction
The biblical characterization of pigs as impure has been interpreted in a variety of ways. Most have focused on the anomalies of the pig compared with other domesticated animals, especially with regard to their alimentary processes. All interpretations, however, have neglected a primary feature of p...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholar's Press
[2015]
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Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2015, Volume: 134, Issue: 3, Pages: 489-504 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Pig
/ Fertility
/ Food prohibition
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Bible Theology B Swine B Bible B Animals Religious aspects B Paternity B Domestic animals |
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