TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS v
3. INTRODUCTION. LIEVE TEUGELS AND KARIN NEUTEL 1
4. 1. A CULTURAL HERITAGE AS BOUNDARY MARKER: CIRCUMCISION IN THE HEBREW BIBLE 7
5. 2. FROM EGYPT TO ISRAEL: EVOLVING PERCEPTIONS OF MALE CIRCUMCISION IN THE GRAECOROMAN ERA 31
6. 3. MISSING FORESKIN IN THE SEPTUAGINT: CIRCUMCISION RELATED METAPHORS LOST IN TRANSLATION 63
7. 4. CIRCUMCISING THE MALE MEMBERS OF THE BODY OF CHRIST: A RITUAL ALL THE MORE SIGNIFICANT DUE TO ITS FAILURE IN PAUL OF TARSUS’ LETTER TO THE GALATIANS 93
8. 5. DEAD MAN WALKING: ON GENTILE IMPURITY AND FELLOWSHIP WITH THE UNCIRCUMCISED IN ACTS 10–11 127
9. 6. PIGS IN A BLANKET?: ON PETER’S VISION, PURITY, AND FELLOWSHIP WITH THE UNCIRCUMCISED IN ACTS 161
10. 7. CIRCUMCISION AND SEXUALITY IN THE JEWISH TRADITION: THE BIBLE, ITS READERS, AND ITS READERS’ READERS 197
11. 8. THE MYSTERY OF ABRAHAM’S CIRCUMCISION: THE CIRCUMCISED GOD ACCORDING TO MIDRASH TANCHUMA AND RELATED TEXTS 227
12. INDEX OF REFERENCES 265