Forbidden fruit. Ancient Near Eastern sexual methaphors

In the literature of Sumer, Babylon and Assyria one encounters a broad variety of sexual metaphors. This study focuses upon sexual metaphors taken from garden imagery, including such terms as "fruit" and "eating," found in a variety of cuneiform texts. After cataloging a select f...

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Main Author: Veenker, Ronald A. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: College 1999
In: Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
Year: 1999, Volume: 70/71, Pages: 57-73
IxTheo Classification:HD Early Judaism
NCF Sexual ethics
Further subjects:B Sexuality
B Metaphor

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