Dorothea Erbele-Kuster

The so-called purity laws in Leviticus 11-15 reflect a cultic and social view on the male and female body. These texts do not give detailed physiological descriptions. Instead, they prescribe what to do in the cases of skin disease, delivery and wo/man's genital discharges, but the particular way of dealing with the body and the language used in Leviticus 12 and 15 ask for clarification: How do these texts construct the male and female body? Which roles does gender play within this language? By means of themes like menstruation and circumcision, the author unfolds the language used for the body in Leviticus and its interpretation history. The study provides material for a contemporary anthropology of bodies which relates the human sexed body to God's holiness.

"Theologie infiziert" nimmt anno 2021 angesichts der Covid-19-Pandemie den Begriff der Infektion in metaphorischer Rede auf, um zum Ausdruck zu bringen, dass das AutorInnenkollektiv sich hermeneutisch den "Zeichen der Zeit" stellt und seine Theologie thematisch von der Pandemie beruhren lasst, in der Folge aber auch zu einer Immunreaktion beizutragen hofft. Auf die Klage folgt der Neuanfang Dieser kann nur unter Wachhalten der gefahrlichen Erinnerung an die Opfer der Pandemie und im Angesicht der von ihr aufgedeckten Gerechtigkeitsproblematiken im Kontext des globalen neoliberalen Kapitalismus gelingen. Was das Virus enthullt hat, darf nicht mehr verschleiert werden, sondern harrt der Bearbeitung. Die Mainzer TheologInnen spuren in drei Durchgangen Anthropologie - Theologie - Ethik den Interpretationsmustern und Bewaltigungsstrategien in der Pandemie nach, identifizieren generative Themen und legen Dilemmas offen.

The so-called purity laws in Leviticus 11-15 reflect a cultic and social view of the male and female body. These texts do not give detailed physiological descriptions. Instead, they prescribe what to do in the cases of skin disease, delivery and wo/man's genital discharges, but the particular way of dealing with the body and the language used in Leviticus 12 and 15 ask for clarification: how do these texts construct the male and female body? Which roles does gender play within this language? By means of themes such as menstruation and circumcision, Erbele-Kuester unfolds the language used for the body in Leviticus and its interpretation history. Her study provides material for a contemporary anthropology of bodies which relates the human sexed body to God's holiness.