RT Book
T1 Purity and pollution in the Hebrew Bible: from embodied experience to moral metaphor
A1 Feder, Yitzhaq 1977-
LA English
PP Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2022
ED First published
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1761069373
AB "In this book, Yitzhaq Feder presents a novel and compelling account of pollution in ancient Israel, from its emergence as an embodied concept, rooted in physiological experience, to its expression as a pervasive metaphor in social-moral discourse. Feder aims to bring the biblical and ancient Near Eastern evidence into a sustained conversation with anthropological and psychological research through comparison with notions of contagion in other ancient and modern cultural contexts. Showing how numerous interpretive difficulties are the result of imposing modern concepts on the ancient texts, he guides readers through wide-ranging parallels to biblical attitudes in ancient Near Eastern, ethnographic, and modern cultures. Feder demonstrates how contemporary evolutionary and psychological research can be applied to ancient textual evidence. He also suggests a path of synthesis that can move beyond the polarized positions which currently characterize modern academic and popular debates bearing on the roles of biology and culture in shaping human behavior"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BS1171.3
SN 978-1-316-51757-4
K1 Bible : Old Testament : Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Pollution : Biblical teaching
K1 Purity, Ritual : Biblical teaching
K1 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / General