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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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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College
1999
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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 |