The Law of Jealousy Anthropology of Sotah

• Yazar: Destro, Adriana (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Brown Judaic Studies 2020
• Konular: Judaism
• Online Erişim: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book applies anthropological insights to the understanding of an ancient and puzzling ritual, that of the sotah, or suspected adulteress. The ritual, initiated by a suspicious husband, was first described in Numbers 5, is elaborated by the later rabbis. Destro argues that the rabbis patter the...