Hair matters: The psychoanalytical significance of the virtual absence of hair in the Book of Job in an African context

Compared with other biblical books that are named after its main protagonist, Job mentions many (at least 72) body parts. Yet hair is explicitly referred to only once, even when it plays a relatively significant role in other books in the Hebrew Bible. This virtual absence of hair in the book can at...

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Main Author: Zwan, Pieter van der (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2022
In: HTS teologiese studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 78, Issue: 4
Further subjects:B Hair
B Psychoanalytic
B Body Image
B Absence
B Book of Job
B African Context
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