Oaths and Vows

Words as Genesis

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Author(s)
Seligman, Adam B.
Schnitter, Maria
Language
English
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Abstract
A phenomenology of oaths and vows across religious traditions. Exploring legal, liturgical, ritual and literary works from different eras, it provides a new understanding of the inherently creative force of oaths and vows. Viewing them as deeply generative, it further explores the tension between erotic desire and the taking of oaths in select works of Western and Eastern European literature from the 12th to the 19th centuries.
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https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/157576
Keywords
Oaths; vows; Eros; creation; Christianity; Jewish religion; thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSM Comparative literature; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHL Jewish philosophy; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHR Western philosophy from c 1800::QDHR5 Phenomenology and Existentialism; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRJ Judaism::QRJP Judaism: life and practice; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMP Christian life and practice
DOI
10.1515/9783111324579
ISBN
9783111324579, 9783111323480, 9783111324685
Publisher
De Gruyter
Publisher website
http://www.degruyter.com/
Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2024
Imprint
De Gruyter
Pages
238