Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Mapping Part 1: Exegetical Analysis Chapter 2; Leviticus 12 Chapter 3: Leviticus 15 Part 2: Biblical Anthropology as Discourse of the Body Chapter 4: Flesh Chapter 5: Bodily Fluids Chapter 6: Menstruation Chapter 7: The Cultic Perspective Chapter 8: Prospects Bibliography

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Explores the ways in which the male and female body is constructed in Leviticus 12 and 15 and how its reception history unfolds.

About the Author

Dorothea Erbele-Kuester teaches Hebrew and the Hebrew Bible at the Protestant Faculty in Brussels, Belgium, and in Kampen, the Netherlands.

Reviews

On the whole there is much here to appreciate ... There are observations aplenty to debate ... It would not be safe for anyone working in the area to ignore this book. * The Expository Times *