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Title |
Title of document |
The Covenant of Circumcision (Genesis 17) as an Identity Marker of Nascent Judaism - The Hunt for Ancient Israel |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Thomas Römer; University of Lausanne; France |
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Subject |
Discipline(s) |
Archaeology; Ancient History of Israel |
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Subject |
Keyword(s) |
circumcision; Abraham; identity; rite de passage; Genesis 17; Exodus 4:24–26; circumcision of the heart |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
Ancient History, Israel; Biblical Studies |
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Description |
Abstract |
In the monarchic time, Israelites and Judahites practiced circumcision, as did their neighbors. They practiced circumcision on boys at puberty as a “rite de passages” into (nuptial) maturity. In the exilic period, in the context of the encounter with the Babylonian and Persian civilizations, which did not practice circumcision, the Priestly writers invented a new function of circumcision. It became a “rite de passage” into the world and a sign of the covenant between Yhwh and his people. The circumcision of the newborn male became an identity marker also with regards to people who practiced circumcision at the age of puberty. The circumcision on the eighth day is an invention of P. |
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Publisher |
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Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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24-Jun-2022 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/41634 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.41634 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; The Hunt for Ancient Israel |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |