Sexual Hospitality in the Hebrew Bible: Patronymic, Metronymic, Legitimate and Illegitimate Relations

By Thalia Gur-Klein

Sexual Hospitality in the Hebrew Bible

examines sacred sexuality and ritual fecundity from patronymic marriage - where the husband claims exclusive rights over his wife's sexuality and attributes her offspring to his line and kin - to metronymic conjugal systems which allow a woman to remain in her home where the male consort joins her and her kin. Ranging across abstention, promiscuity, and holy offering, the sexual lives of women in biblical times reveal not only restriction but also female agency and resistance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845531051
• ISBN13: 9781845531058
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"