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Holiness and Transgression

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This volume deals with the female dynasty of the House of David and its influence on the Jewish Messianic Myth. It provides a missing link in the chain of research on the topic of messianism and contributes to the understanding of the connection between female transgression and redemption, from the Bible through Rabbinic literature until the Zohar. The discussion of the centrality of the mother image in Judeo-Christian culture and the parallels between the appearance of Mary in the Gospels and the Davidic Mothers in the Hebrew Bible, stresses mutual representations of ""the mother of the messiah"" in Christian and Jewish imaginaire. Through the prism of gender studies and by stressing questions of femininity, motherhood and sexuality, the subject appears in a new light. This research highlights the importance of intertwining Jewish literary study with comparative religion and gender theories, enabling the process of filling in the ‘mythic gaps’ in classical Jewish sources. The book won the Pines, Lakritz and Warburg awards.

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ISBN: 9781618115607
Publication date: 20th April 2017
Author: Ruth Kara-Ivanov Kaniel
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 294 pages
Series: Psychoanalysis and Jewish Life
Genres: Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings
Comparative religion
Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships