A close shave with God
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Gous, Ignatius G.P.
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2004
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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.
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Gous, I.G.P (2004) A close shave with God. OTE 17/3 (2004), 404-415
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Old Testament Essays
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10109919