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  2. Abomination (Bible) - Wikipedia

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    Consequently, these animals were unclean and therefore eating them was forbidden. The exception is Leviticus 11:41, where those who eat unclean insects are made abominable (using a verb derived from tōʻēḇā). Shâqats is rendered in the KJV as follows: abominable (Leviticus 11:43, Leviticus 20:25) abomination (Leviticus 11:11, Leviticus 11:13)

  3. Mary Douglas - Wikipedia

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    In The Abomination of Leviticus she states that the dietary laws were not based on medical materialism, but rather social boundaries, deeming that what is pure and impure is a way for a society to structure human experiences. At heart, what matters is using themes such as purity, separation and defilement to bring about order and structure to ...

  4. Unclean animal - Wikipedia

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    These laws are based upon the Books of Leviticus [1] and Deuteronomy [2] of the Torah and in the extensive body of rabbinical commentaries (the Talmud). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The concept of unclean animals is also mentioned in the Book of Genesis , when Noah is instructed to bring into the Ark all sorts "of pure beasts, and of beasts that are ...

  5. Leviticus 18 - Wikipedia

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    It is part of the Holiness Code (Leviticus 17–26), [1] and its sexual prohibitions are largely paralleled by Leviticus 20, [2] ... an abomination

  6. Homosexuality in the Hebrew Bible - Wikipedia

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    These chapters of Leviticus form part of the Holiness code. Leviticus 18:22 says: Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; it is an abomination. and Leviticus 20:13 states: If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.

  7. Incest in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    These prohibitions are found predominantly in Leviticus 18:7–18 and 20:11–21, but also in Deuteronomy. Endogamy was the preferred practice in many parts of the ancient Near East ; [ 1 ] the ideal marriage, in fact, was usually one to a cousin , and it was often forbidden for an eldest daughter to even marry outside of the family at all. [ 1 ]

  8. Abomination (Judaism) - Wikipedia

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    Toebah or to'eva (abominable or taboo) is the highest level or worst kind of abomination. [1] It includes the sins of idolatry, placing or worshiping false gods in the temple, eating unclean animals, magic, divination, perversion (incest, pederasty, homosexuality [3] and bestiality), [4] cheating, lying, killing the innocent, false witness, illegal offerings (imperfect animals, etc ...

  9. Sex in the Hebrew Bible - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew Bible possibly refers to homosexuality three times, [1] [2] though the word itself does not occur in many English translations. [3] These passages are interpreted differently. [4] [5] [6] Leviticus 18:22 says: "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination." [7] Leviticus 20:13 says: