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

by Johanna Stiebert

Book Overview

'Incest' refers to illegal sexual relations between family members. Its precise contours, however, are culturally specific. Hence, an illegal incestuous union in one social context may be a legal close-kin union in another. First-degree sexual unions, between a parent and child, or between siblings, are most widely prohibited and abhorred. This book discusses all overt and covert first-degree incest relations in the Hebrew Bible and also probes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567681238
• ISBN13: 9780567681232
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"