The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity by Stephanie Lynn Budin
By Stephanie Lynn Budin
During this examine, Stephanie Budin demonstrates that sacred prostitution, the sale of a person's physique for intercourse during which a few or all the funds earned used to be dedicated to a deity or a temple, didn't exist within the historic global. Reconsidering the facts from the traditional close to East, the Greco-Roman texts, and the Early Christian authors, Budin indicates that almost all of assets that experience ordinarily been understood as concerning sacred prostitution even have not anything to do with this establishment. The few texts which are often invoked in this topic are, furthermore, extraordinarily misunderstood. moreover, opposite to many present hypotheses, the construction of the parable of sacred prostitution has not anything to do with notions of accusation or the development of a decadent, Oriental "Other." as an alternative, the parable has come into being due to greater than 2,000 years of misinterpretations, fake assumptions, and defective technique. The examine of sacred prostitution is, successfully, a historiographical reckoning.
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115 I believe that there are two flaws with this argument. ” Furthermore, as I shall show, there is no reason to define the qedeˇsaˆ as a prostitute, secular or sacred. As a result, the logical translation of the title is “female cult functionary,” or “votaress,” or simply “priestess,” as is the case with the male. ” Whatever this title refers to, YHWH does not approve either for females or for males. This becomes increasing clear in the narratives of 1 and 2 Kings, where the qedeˇsˆım appear in references to the apostasy and reformations of the Hebrew people.
In Deuteronomy 31:16, YHWH tells Moses that after his death, “this people will begin to 120 Hooks 1985: 170 and 195, note 95. On the keleb as a male prostitute, see Burns 2000: passim. 121 Fisher 1976: 233–234. 122 Keil 2001: 791. 123 Bird 2006: 52–55. 36 3:56 P1: IBE 9780521572019c02a CUFX214/Budin 978 0 521 88090 9 October 16, 2007 The Ancient Near Eastern Data prostitute (hnzw) themselves to the foreign gods in their midst, the gods of the land into which they are going. . ” Judges 2:13 relates how the Israelites begin to worship Baal and the Aˇstorˆoth, described in Judges 2:17 as prostituting (wnz) after other deities.
Pardee 2002: 240. Emphasis mine. Lipinski 1995: 486. ”16 It is clear that more work is still needed on this issue in Near Eastern studies in spite of the excellent groundwork already accomplished. MESOPOTAMIA In keeping with tradition, I begin with Mesopotamia. I would like to start by removing from consideration two aspects that have clouded the study of ANE sacred prostitution: the Mesopotamian sacred marriage ceremony and male sacred prostitution. The Sacred Marriage Ceremony17 What sacred prostitution and the sacred marriage ceremony have in common is a combination of sex and religion.