[PDF.58zl] Castration and the Heavenly Kingdom: A Russian Folktale

Castration and the Heavenly Kingdom: A Russian Folktale

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 | #3367497 in Books |  Cornell University Press |  2003-11 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .88 x6.29 x9.23l, | File type: PDF | 296 pages

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||1 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Castration and Religion|By D. Winarchick|Well written book about a different culture with different religious beliefs and practices. Extremely educational and enlightening. Highly recommended. Thanks.|From Library Journal|"...and there were some eunuchs which were made eunuchs of men; and there be eunuchs, which were made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of Heaven's sake..." (Matthew 19:12, KJV). From this biblical passage sprang a tiny religious sect begun

Of the many sects that broke from the official Russian Orthodox church in the eighteenth century, one was universally despised. Its members were peasants from the Russian heartland skilled in the arts of animal husbandry who turned their knives on themselves to become "eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake." Convinced that salvation came only with the literal excision of the instruments of sin, they were known as Skoptsy (the self-castrated). Their community thr...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Castration and the Heavenly Kingdom: A Russian Folktale   |  Laura Engelstein. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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