‘Go, ask a woman's womb’: Birth and the Maternal Body as Sources of Revelation and Wisdom in 4 Ezra
The author of 4 Ezra makes significant and repeated use of several motifs related to birth, including barrenness, pregnancy, the womb, miscarriage, birth itself, fetuses, and lactation. These motifs have myriad pedagogical functions in the text, including imparting instruction about personal, nation...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2012
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Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2012, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Pages: 243-258 |
| Further subjects: | B
Mother Zion
B Mother Earth B Mysticism B Womb B Ritual Studies B rite of passage B City B Birth |
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