Diseased Bodies and the Invaded Social Body in Biblical Depictions of the Census
The question of why biblical literature links census-taking with plague has long puzzled scholars. I propose looking at the problem through the lens of body theory, where one understanding of the body is to see it as a place upon which society and culture are mapped. Several studies anchored in this...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Biblical interpretation
Year: 2022, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-45 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Samuel 2. 24
/ Bible. Exodus 30,11-16
/ Field theory (mathematics)
/ Body
/ Disease
/ Society
/ Medicine
/ Anthropology
/ Census
/ Plague
/ Monarchy
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NBE Anthropology NCD Political ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Census
B body theory B 2 Samuel B disability theory B the body B Medical anthropology |
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