Sexual Hospitality in the Hebrew Bible: Patronymic, Metronymic, Legitimate and Illegitimate Relations
Author:   Thalia Gur-Klein
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781845531065


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   01 July 2007
Format:   Hardback
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Sexual Hospitality in the Hebrew Bible: Patronymic, Metronymic, Legitimate and Illegitimate Relations


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Author:   Thalia Gur-Klein
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Equinox Publishing Ltd
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9781845531065


ISBN 10:   184553106
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   01 July 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Patriarch Hospitality and Sexual Hospitality 2. Marital and Non-Marital Systems 3. Baal Marriage of Dominion 4. Metronymic Marriage: Remaining with Kin – Counter-patterns of Baal Marriage 5. Intersecting Patterns and Conflicting Imperatives 6. Widow Marriage, Land and Kin Surrogacy 7. Epilogue: Moral Imagination

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Sexual hospitality, an institution well documented for many societies, has also left traces in the biblical record. Thalia Gur-Klein assembles these, and offers a compelling interpretation. - Bernhard Lang, University of Paderborn, Germany


Author Information

Thalia Gur-Klein holds an MA of English Literature from Leiden University; MA in Hebrew and Jewish Studies from the University of Amsterdam and is a PhD candidate at Winchester University.

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