"Meine Vergehen mögen gelöst, meine Sünden vergessen sein", 2: Konzepte von Reinheit und Unreinheit in der keilschriftlichen Überlieferung des Alten Orients
The article examines patterns of purity and impurity in the written tradition of the cuneiform cultures of Ancient Mesopotamia and, in a short overview, the Hittite tradition of Ancient Anatolia. It traces the question how impurity is made and which kinds of consequences impurity causes. Figurations...
| Subtitles: | Synagoge und Kirchen |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | German |
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Echter
2012
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| In: |
Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie
Year: 2012, Volume: 134, Issue: 4, Pages: 431-448 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ancient Orient
/ Cultic purity
B Mesopotamia / Religion |
| IxTheo Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Cuneiform
B Purity B Ancient Orient |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | The article examines patterns of purity and impurity in the written tradition of the cuneiform cultures of Ancient Mesopotamia and, in a short overview, the Hittite tradition of Ancient Anatolia. It traces the question how impurity is made and which kinds of consequences impurity causes. Figurations of purity or impurity of the human body are by far more social constructions than inherent qualities. |
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| ISSN: | 0044-2895 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie
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