Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel
Angaben zur Quelle:
8,4 (2019) 416-430
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Gender identity in the Bible
;
P document (Biblical criticism)
;
Purity, Ritual Biblical teaching
Abstract:
The Priestly author in Leviticus 1–16 uses terms connected to sex and gender, both gender-specific terms like זכר, אשה, איש, and נקבה and gender-neutral terms such as אדם and נפש, as technical terminology. P's precise usage reflects a carefully structured view of the world and of the cult that is aimed at safeguarding the people's purity. In addition, P seems to recognize the difference between biological sex and gender related to personhood, something more akin to what we might term socially constructed gender.
DOI:
10.1628/hebai-2019-0027
URL:
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