By Making Me Stink to the Inhabitants of the Land: Intrusive Smells as a Metaphor for Unwanted Migrants

The verb ba’ash (lit. "to stink") is used repeatedly in the Hebrew Bible to describe unwanted groups or individuals (Gen 34:30; Exod 5:21; 1 Sam 13:4; 1 Sam 27:12; 2 Sam 10:6; 1 Chr 19:6). However, there is an overwhelming tendency in English translations and commentaries to translate bet-...

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Subtitles:What The Body Knows
Main Author: Rees, Susannah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sheffield Institute for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies 2022
In: Journal for interdisciplinary biblical studies (JIBS)
Year: 2022, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 99-118
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Migration / Smell / Meaning / Bible. Genesis 34 / Covetousness prohibition / Bible. Samuel 2. 13,1-4 / Bible. Samuel 1. 27,12 / Bible. Samuel 2. 10,6 / Bible. Chronicle 2. 19,1-21,1
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
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