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- The Law of Jealousy: Anthropology of Sotah
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- 2020
- Published by: Brown Judaic Studies
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This book applies anthropological insights to the understanding of an ancient and puzzling ritual, that of the sotah, or suspected adulteress. The ritual, initiated by a suspicious husband, was first described in Numbers 5, is elaborated by the later rabbis. Destro argues that the rabbis patter the sotah ritual to emphasize its, and the woman’s, anomalous nature and the symbolic work that this patterning does for the rabbinic system as a whole.
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- Half Title
- p. i
- Series Page
- p. ii
- Title Page
- p. iii
- Dedication
- p. v
- Publishers' Preface
- p. viiia
- Introduction
- pp. ix-xii
- I. The Bitter Waters
- pp. 1-24
- III. The Setting of the Ordeal
- pp. 49-76
- IV. The Ritual in Front of the Sanctuary
- pp. 77-107
- V. The Epilogue of the "Judgment of God"
- pp. 109-136
- VI. Outside the Rules
- pp. 137-157
- Appendix 1
- pp. 159-163
- Appendix 2
- pp. 165-168
- Appendix 3
- pp. 169-170
- Transliterations
- p. 171
- Bibliography
- pp. 173-181
- Authors Index
- pp. 183-184
- General Index
- pp. 185-189
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ISBN
9781946527721
Related ISBN(s)
9781946527738
MARC Record
OCLC
1142926465
Launched on MUSE
2020-03-05
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC-ND