Silence, ye women! God is at work in the womb. Psalm 139 as illustration of Israel's embodied patriarchal theology of containment
For Israel the socially constructed ideal body was symbolized as the whole and pure body, especially the male body. The event of birth was ritually impure not only because blood was involved but also because of the breaking of boundaries when a female body broke open in order to give birth to anothe...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2005
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2005, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 521-530 |
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