Revealing Nakedness and Concealing Homosexual Intercourse: Legal and Lexical Evolution in Leviticus 18
The list of forbidden unions in Leviticus 18 reflects comprehensive revision that obscures its original character. The motive for reworking this passage was to reverse the original text's implicit sanctioning of male same-sex intercourse. This conclusion finds support in additional biblical and...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2017]
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Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
Year: 2017, Volume: 6, Issue: 4, Pages: 510-526 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Levitikus 18
/ Homosexuality
/ Nakedness
/ Divestment
/ Prohibition
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NCF Sexual ethics |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | The list of forbidden unions in Leviticus 18 reflects comprehensive revision that obscures its original character. The motive for reworking this passage was to reverse the original text's implicit sanctioning of male same-sex intercourse. This conclusion finds support in additional biblical and ancient Near Eastern texts. |
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| ISSN: | 2192-2284 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/219222717X15235367195677 |