A close shave with God

dc.contributor.author	Gous, Ignatius G.P.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-08-14T06:59:59Z
dc.date.available	2013-08-14T06:59:59Z
dc.date.issued	2004
dc.identifier.citation	Gous, I.G.P (2004) A close shave with God. OTE 17/3 (2004), 404-415	en
dc.identifier.issn	10109919
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10391
dc.identifier.uri	http://reference.sabinet.co.za/document/EJC85642
dc.description.abstract	This article theorises about the need for rituals in primitive as well as modern societies. From the ongoing resurgence of interest in rituals, the author concludes that the human race is and always will be homo ritualensis. It seems that shaving as a mourning rite was accepted for a very long time in Israel, but that it was later prohibited. The author then discusses Lawson & McCauley's cognitive theory of religious rituals and comes to the conclusion that shaving probably was a religious ritual and that it could be very valuable as a mourning rite, even today.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Old Testament Essays	en
dc.title	A close shave with God	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.description.department	Biblical and Ancient Studies	en