Hermeneutics of Holiness

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-19-973648-5
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 655 g

New argument for the Biblical origins of Christian and Jewish ascetic practices

This book tells the story of how the biblical notions of 'holy person' or 'holy community' comes to be defined by sexual and marriage practices by various interpretive communities in late antiquity. Koltun-Fromm argues that the biblical texts already create a link between holiness and sexuality which is further interpreted by later readers. Tracing this development from the biblical texts into the fourth century, she suggests that sexual practices among Jews and Christians, particularly ascetic sexual practices, are rooted in the history of biblical exegesis and tradition as much as in any other late ancient phenomena. Moreover holiness as sexual practice thus helped these groups demarcate differentiation from each other. Hence this book establishes the importance of biblical interpretation for late ancient Jewish and Christian practices, the centrality of holiness as a category for self definition, and fourth-century asceticism's relationship to biblical texts and interpretive history.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of Late Ancient Studies, Early Christianity, and Syriac Studies

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koltun-Fromm

Koltun-Fromm, Naomi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Christentum und Gesellschaft, Kirche und Politik
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Part I
1.: In the Beginning: Holiness in the Bible
2.: Holy Seed or Holy Deed: Sexuality between Holiness and Purity in Second Temple Literature
Part II
3.: Holiness Perfected: Pauline Constructs of Holy Community
4.: "Mother-City of All Evils:" Sexuality vs. Holiness in Early Syriac Christian Literature
Part III
5.: Wedding Garments and Holy Yokes: Celibacy and Holiness in Aphrahat the Persian Sage
6.: Zipporah's Complaint: Moses is Not Conscientious in the Deed: Exegetical Traditions of Moses' Celibacy
7.: Sanctify Yourself: Rabbinic Notions of Holiness and Sexuality
Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Naomi Koltun-Fromm, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Relig, Haverford College