Disgusting Deeds and Disgusting Gods: Ethnic and Ethical Constructions of Disgust in the Hebrew Bible
This article examines thirteen terms that connote disgust about food, drink, sex, gods, offerings, prayers, peoples, lands, persons, injustice, and life. The terms form two different »codes« for social orientation. An international, sapiental or ethical »code« emphasizes moral disgust, which is nour...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Mohr Siebeck
[2017]
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Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
Year: 2017, Volume: 6, Issue: 4, Pages: 457-487 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Disgust
/ Food laws
/ Sexuality
/ Gods
/ Public image
/ Immorality
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NBE Anthropology |
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| Summary: | This article examines thirteen terms that connote disgust about food, drink, sex, gods, offerings, prayers, peoples, lands, persons, injustice, and life. The terms form two different »codes« for social orientation. An international, sapiental or ethical »code« emphasizes moral disgust, which is nourished by the love of YHWH and lady wisdom. A priestly or ethnic »code« is characterized by a rhetoric of disgust, which functions to deter people from non-Yahwistic laws of the nations. In this rhetoric, fecal language is used in order to express disgust of idols, the symbols of the gods who order and legitimize foreign laws and customs. |
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| ISSN: | 2192-2284 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/219222717X15235367195659 |