RELIGST 2B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Carol Meyers, Asherah, Mary Douglas
23 Apr 2016
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Temple: dwelling place of god: his name, cloud, glory. Can have a negative view in modern terms. Double the time for a female child than a male child. Menstruation, considered unclean even if she sits on a chair. People can be holy be holy as i am holy . Corpse; genital discharge; skin disease (lepreosy); childbirth"; illicit sex. Women were separated from the holy place in the temple. Three times a year all your males shall appear before the lord god. Women did go to the temple in narratives. Lev 19:18 you shall love your neighbor as yourself. Issues of life and death, crossing the realm of life and death. It makes you unpure but it is a commandment. No control over things such as menstruation or disease or death. Most men do not have roles in the temple. Did women have other roles that were not in the text.
