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Witch-hunts, Purity and Social Boundaries

Expulsion of the Foreign Women in Ezra 9-10

by Uk) Dr David Janzen (durham University

  • Hardback
  • 302 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.5 cm

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The anthropological approach to the expulsion of the foreign women from the post-exilic community argues that it was the result of a witch-hunt. Its comparative approach notes that the community responded to its weak social boundaries in the same fashion as societies with similar social weaknesses. This book argues that the post-exilic community's decision to expel the foreign women in its midst was the direct result of the community's inability to enforce a common morality among its members. This anthropological approach to the expulsion shows how other societies with weak social moralities tend to react with witch-hunts, and it suggests that the expulsion in Ezra 9-10 was precisely such an activity. It concludes with an examination of the political and economic forces that could have eroded the social morality of the community.
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  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    August 2002

  • Weight

    400g

  • Page Count

    302

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9781841272924

  • ISBN-10

    1841272922

  • Eden Code

    1181018

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