Born of Woman, Fashioned from Clay: Tracking the Homology of Earth and Womb from the Hebrew Bible to the Psalms of Thanksgiving

This essay traces the features of a symbolic construct which seldom garners much attention among scholars of biblical and Second Temple texts, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, namely, the likening of earth and womb. It contends that understanding this symbolism brings clarity to several texts whose i...

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Main Author: Meyer, Nicholas A. 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Dead Sea discoveries
Year: 2021, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 135-178
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Reproduction / Creation / Kasteiung / Cultic purity / Sexuality / Uterus / Earth
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
Further subjects:B Earth
B Creation
B Impurity
B Womb
B Procreation
B self-abasement
B Sexuality
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