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Prostitution

(1,583 words)

Author(s): Hoheisel, Karl | Kirchhoff, Renate
[German Version] I. Religious Studies Prostitution, the “oldest profession,” is a form of surrendering one’s own body, tendentially at will, to other people for sex. It can have various motivations, but here we shall consider primarily its religious context. Sacral prostitutes, male and female, have often been associated with temples. The phenomenon was widespread in the ancient Near East, with prostitutes devoted to various goddesses. Even in Jerusalem, prostitutes of both sexes ¶ apparently were not banned from the temple until after the Babylonian Exile (586 bce). According t…

Prostitution

(1,418 words)

Author(s): Hoheisel, Karl | Kirchhoff, Renate
[English Version] I. Religionswissenschaftlich P. als »ältestes Gewerbe« ist eine Form der Preisgabe des eigenen Körpers an tendenziell beliebige Personen zum Geschlechtsverkehr aus unterschiedlichen Motiven, wobei hier v.a. der rel. Kontext berücksichtigt werden soll. Sakrale Prostituierte, Frauen wie Männer, konnten an Tempel gebunden sein. Verbreitet war dieses Phänomen im alten westlichen Asien mit Prostituierten für verschiedene Göttinnen, selbst aus dem Jerusalemer Tempel scheinen Prostituier…