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1 online resource (290 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 227
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 227.
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| Note |
"Contains an edited version of the proceedings of a colloquium held on 30 May-1 June 1995 at Lancaster University, originally entitled: Unity, Purity, and the Covenant: Reading Leviticus"--Preface. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The language of Leviticus / John F.A. Sawyer -- Is it possible to read Leviticus as a separate book? / Rolf Rendtorff -- Leviticus at the heart of the Pentateuch? / Graeme Auld -- The changing concept of holiness in the Pentateuchal codes with emphasis on Leviticus 19 / Jacob Milgram -- Sacred contagion / Mary Douglas -- Talion and purity: some glosses on Mary Douglas / Bernard Jackson -- The witness of times: an anthropologcal reading of Niddah / Adriana Destro -- 'But if it is a girl, she is unclean for twice seven days ... ' the riddle of Leviticus 12.5 / Jonathan Magonet -- Holiness and purity: the holy people in Leviticus and Ezra-Nehemiah / Hyam Maccoby -- A strange sequence of rules: Leviticus 19.20-26 / Calum Carmichael -- Interpreting Leviticus in the second temple period: struggling with ambiguity / Hannah K. Harrington -- Leviticus as a cultic system in the second temple period: responses to Hannah K. Harrington / Philip R. Davies -- The use of Leviticus in Chronicles / William Johnstone -- ... in Leviticus 5.14-19 and other sources: response to William Johnstone -- Leviticus in Mark: Jesus' attitude to the law / Alan Watson. |
| Summary |
Until recently Leviticus has been read, especially in Christian circles, as part of a ''priestly'' work with a predominantly prescriptive and ritualistic agenda. In this volume of papers read at a colloquium held in honour of Mary Douglas at Lancaster University in 1995, experts in the Hebrew Bible, Jewish law, comparative law, classical literature and social anthropology raise challenging questions about the composition, context and purpose of the book. Can it be read as an autonomous literary unit? How significant are its unique ethical insights? Is it law or narrative? Does it reflect actua. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bible. Leviticus -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses.
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Bible. Leviticus. |
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Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007.
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Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007. |
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Bible. A.T. Lévitique -- Critique, interprétation, etc. -- Congrès. |
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Bible. A.T. Lévitique. XIX -- Critique, interprétation, etc. |
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Bible. A.T. Lévitique. V, 14-19 -- Critique, interprétation, etc. |
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Bible. A.T. Marc -- Relation avec Lévitique. |
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Bible. A.T. Lévitique -- Relation avec Chroniques. |
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Bible. Leviticus. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Sawyer, John F. A.
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Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reading Leviticus. Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1996 1850756287 9781850756286 (DLC) 97105156 (OCoLC)36168065 |
| ISBN |
9780567275110 (electronic book) |
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0567275116 (electronic book) |
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1850756287 |
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9781850756286 |
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