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Record ID marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part37.utf8:130915712:1622
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01622cam a2200301 a 4500
001 2010016697
003 DLC
005 20140203111828.0
008 100422s2010 mnu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010016697
020 $a9780814656976
020 $a0814656978
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn609102596
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dYDXCP$dCDX$dBWX$dLML$dMNJ$dDTM$dDLC
050 00 $aBS580.J4$bL38 2010
082 00 $a204/.47$222
100 1 $aLaunderville, Dale.
245 10 $aCelibacy in the ancient world :$bits ideal and practice in pre-Hellenistic Israel, Mesopotamia, and Greece /$cDale Launderville.
260 $aCollegeville, Minn. :$bLiturgical Press,$cc2010.
300 $axli, 571 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
500 $a"A Michael Glazier book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 493-534) and indexes.
505 0 $aSexual restraint within the context of a cosmic household -- Intermarriage : a threat to the household as the enduring matrix of personal identity? -- Sex and the holy : erotic synergy or warfare? -- Virginity and chastity : feminine ideals integral to the patriarchal household -- Composite guardian figures : tension at the cosmic junctures -- Celibacy as a proleptic death and a quest for transcendence -- Communion with the real : the goal of celibacy.
650 0 $aCelibacy$xHistory.
650 0 $aChastity$xHistory.
600 00 $aJeremiah$c(Biblical prophet)
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1402/2010016697-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1402/2010016697-d.html