Purity and pollution in the Hebrew Bible: from embodied experience to moral metaphor

"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 N...

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Main Author: Feder, Yitzhaq 1977- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore Cambridge University Press 2022
In:Year: 2022
Reviews:Pollution in the Bible and in Cognitive Science: A Review of Recent Works by Thomas Kazen and Yitzhaq Feder (2023) (Watts, James W., 1960 -)
Edition:First published
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Old Testament / Purity / Pollution
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Generals / Old Testament
B Pollution Biblical teaching
B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Purity, Ritual Biblical teaching
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