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Impurity and Gender in the Hebrew Bible, written by Elizabeth W. Goldstein, 2015


Impurity and Gender in the Hebrew Bible, written by Elizabeth W. Goldstein, 2015
 In Impurity and Gender in the Hebrew Bible, Elizabeth W. Goldstein provides an extended study of the Hebrew word נדה/ndh. Her monograph accomplishes a great deal in following the evolution of the term from its earliest stage “NDH as Menstruation” (p. 55), to its “figurative” use linking menstruation to ritual impurity (pp. 56-57), and finally its “semantic broadening” into a “term for sins threatening the fabric of the community” (pp. 57-58). Goldstein’s research on this metaphor walks us through the Priestly (P) and Holiness (H, Leviticus 17-26) material in Leviticus, then through Ezekiel, Ezra and Nehemiah, and finally the sectarian literature from Qumran. She carefully distinguishes between ritual and moral impurity and details how those categories relate to the changes in ndh over time. Throughout her grammatical, historical, and linguistic analysis of the material, she interweaves a feminist hermeneutic. Thus she seeks to determine the extent to which women were – and are – affected by the metaphorical use of what was originally a term for the ritual impurity imputed by a female biological process. She uses all of these methodologies effectively, and writes in an engaging and a well-organized fashion.
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Impurity and Gender in the Hebrew Bible, written by Elizabeth W. Goldstein, 2015


Wolfe, Lisa Michele
Biblical Interpretation , Volume 26 (1): 3 – Feb 5, 2018
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In Impurity and Gender in the Hebrew Bible, Elizabeth W. Goldstein provides an extended study of the Hebrew word נדה/ndh. Her monograph accomplishes a great deal in following the evolution of the term from its earliest stage “NDH as Menstruation” (p. 55), to its “figurative” use linking menstruation to ritual impurity (pp. 56-57), and finally its “semantic broadening” into a “term for sins threatening the fabric of the community” (pp. 57-58). Goldstein’s research on this metaphor walks us through the Priestly (P) and Holiness (H, Leviticus 17-26) material in Leviticus, then through Ezekiel, Ezra and Nehemiah, and finally the sectarian literature from Qumran. She carefully distinguishes between ritual and moral impurity and details how those categories relate to the changes in ndh over time. Throughout her grammatical, historical, and linguistic analysis of the material, she interweaves a feminist hermeneutic. Thus she seeks to determine the extent to which women were – and are – affected by the metaphorical use of what was originally a term for the ritual impurity imputed by a female biological process. She uses all of these methodologies effectively, and writes in an engaging and a well-organized fashion.
However, the title of Goldstein’s monograph does not accurately

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