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Good and evil, clean and unclean, rich and poor, self and other. The nature and function of such binary oppositions have long intrigued scholars in such fields as philosophy, linguistics, classics, and anthropology. From the opening chapters of Genesis, in which God separates day from night, and Adam and Eve partake of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, dyadic pairs proliferate throughout the Hebrew Bible. In this groundbreaking work melding critical exegesis and contemporary theory, Saul M. Olyan considers the prevalence of polarities in biblical discourse and expounds their significance for the social and religious institutions of ancient Israel. Extant biblical narrative and legal texts reveal a set of socially constructed and culturally privileged binary oppositions, Olyan argues, which instigate and perpetuate hierarchical social relations in ritual settings such as the sanctuary. Focusing on four binary pairs--holy/common, Israelite/alien, clean/unclean, and whole/blemished--Olyan shows how these privileged oppositions were used to restrict access to cultic spaces, such as the temple or the Passover table. These ritual sites, therefore, became the primary contexts for creating and recreating unequal social relations. Olyan also uncovers a pattern of challenge to the established hierarchies by nonprivileged groups. Converging with contemporary issues of power, marginalization, and privileging, Olyan's painstaking yet lucid study abounds with implications for anthropology, classics, critical theory, and feminist studies.

Social stratification in the Bible. --- Worship in the Bible. --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Social stratification in the Bible --- Sociale stratificatie in de Bijbel --- Statification sociale dans la Bible --- Verering in de Bijbel --- Vénération dans la Bible --- Worship in the Bible --- Cultes dans la bible --- Cultus, Jewish --- Antico Testamento --- Hebrew Bible --- Hebrew Scriptures --- Kitve-ḳodesh --- Miḳra --- Old Testament --- Palaia Diathēkē --- Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa --- Sean-Tiomna --- Stary Testament --- Tanakh --- Tawrāt --- Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim --- Torah, Neviʼim u-Khetuvim --- Velho Testamento --- 221.08*4 --- 221.08*4 Theologie van het Oude Testament: cultus --- Theologie van het Oude Testament: cultus --- Bible. Old Testament --- Criticism, interpretation, etc

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Judaism --- Social sciences --- Social philosophy --- Social theory --- History --- Philosophy. --- Bible. --- Antico Testamento --- Hebrew Bible --- Hebrew Scriptures --- Kitve-ḳodesh --- Miḳra --- Old Testament --- Palaia Diathēkē --- Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa --- Sean-Tiomna --- Stary Testament --- Tanakh --- Tawrāt --- Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim --- Torah, Neviʼim u-Khetuvim --- Velho Testamento --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- 221.016 --- 221.08*2 --- 296 <09> --- 296*52 --- 221.016 Oud Testament: historische kritiek --- Oud Testament: historische kritiek --- 296*52 Joodse ethiek: Halacha; Minhag (gewoonten); Tora --- Joodse ethiek: Halacha; Minhag (gewoonten); Tora --- 221.08*2 Theologie van het Oude Testament: moraal; ethica; juridica Israelis; vroomheid --- Theologie van het Oude Testament: moraal; ethica; juridica Israelis; vroomheid --- Philosophy --- Judaïsme. Jodendom--Geschiedenis van . --- Judaïsme. Jodendom--Geschiedenis van

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This volume seeks to promote academic and public understanding of the different positions that exist on sexual orientation and public policy within four American religious traditions - Jewish, Roman Catholic, African-American and Protestant.

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Gender identity in the Bible. --- Jews --- Folklore in the Bible. --- War --- Folk-lore in the Bible --- Folklore, Biblical --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- Civilization. --- Biblical teaching. --- Niditch, Susan, --- Bible. --- Antico Testamento --- Hebrew Bible --- Hebrew Scriptures --- Kitve-ḳodesh --- Miḳra --- Old Testament --- Palaia Diathēkē --- Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa --- Sean-Tiomna --- Stary Testament --- Tanakh --- Tawrāt --- Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim --- Torah, Neviʼim u-Khetuvim --- Velho Testamento --- Criticism, interpretation, etc.