Circumcision as a Malleable Symbol

Early Jewish Treatments of Circumcision
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-3-16-150628-4
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 233 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

Through a detailed evaluation of treatments of circumcision in the primary authors of the second century BCE to the first century CE, Nina E. Livesey demonstrates that there is no common or universally recognized meaning for the Jewish rite of circumcision. The meaning of circumcision is contingent upon its literary context. The strength of this volume is in its detailed textual analysis of circumcision, attending to the nuances within each text's treatment of circumcision. At the same time, it provides ample evidence of each author's unrestricted use of the rite of circumcision. Ancient authors employed the term freely and in a number of literary senses, as a literal rite, in a metaphoric sense, and as a metonym to confer meanings on this rite. A final chapter provides a brief history of the interpretation of circumcision within the Christian tradition shedding light on its understanding from the second century to the present era.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Livesey, Nina E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Kult, Riten, Zeremonien
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Livesey, Nina E.
Born 1953; Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma.

Born 1953; Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma.