First-Degree Incest and the Hebrew Bible: Sex in the Family by Johanna Stiebert

By Johanna Stiebert
It navigates not just the incest legislation of Leviticus and the narratives of Lot and his daughters and of Amnon and Tamar yet pursues subtler intimations of first-degree sexual unions, similar to among Adam and his (absent yet arguably implied) mom, Haran and Terah's spouse, Ham and Noah. In pursuing the psycho-social values which may be drawn from the Hebrew Bible relating to first-degree incest, this ebook will offer an intensive evaluate of incest experiences from the early twentieth century onward and clarify and verify the contribution of very fresh serious techniques from queer and post-feminist perspectives.
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