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Nina E. Livesey

Circumcision as a Malleable Symbol

[Die Beschneidung als ein formbares Symbol. Zum frühjüdischen Umgang mit der Beschneidung.]
2010. X, 198 pages.
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Summary
Nina E. Livesey demonstrates that ancient authors who discuss the Jewish ritual of circumcision consistently assess a variety of meanings to this rite. In contrast to secondary interpreters of the rite of circumcision, ancients manipulated the rite's meaning to suit their own rhetorical purposes.

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe (WUNT II)