Harlot or Holy Woman? : : A Study of Hebrew Qedešah / / Phyllis A. Bird.

Harlot or Holy Woman? presents an exhaustive study of qedešah, a Hebrew word meaning “consecrated woman” but rendered “prostitute” or “sacred prostitute” in Bible translations. Reexamining biblical and extrabiblical texts, Phyllis A. Bird questions how qedešah came to be associated with prostitution...

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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2019
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (512 p.)
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