Circumcision as a malleable symbol / [manuscript] /

Livesey, Nina E., 1953-

Circumcision as a malleable symbol / [manuscript] / Nina E. Livesey. - T bingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, c2010. - ix, 198 p. ; 24 cm. - Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. II, 295 0340-9570 ; . - Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament., 2. Reihe ; 295. .

Revised thesis (Ph.D.) - Southern Methodist University, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-179) and indexes.

Introduction -- Circumcision in 1 Maccabees, Jubilees, 2 and 4 Maccabees -- Circumcision in Josephus -- Circumcision in Philo -- Circumcision in Paul's letters -- A brief history of the interpretation of circumcision.

9783161506284 (pbk.) : Þ 49.00 3161506286 (pbk.)

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Circumcision--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Berit milah.
Circumcision--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Circumcision--History.

BM705 / .L58 2010

296.4/42209