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Author Houston, Walter.

Title Purity and monotheism : clean and unclean animals in biblical law / Walter Houston.

Publication Info. Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, [1993]
©1993

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Description 1 online resource (314 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 140
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 140.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-303) and indexes.
Contents Preface; Abbreviations; A Note on Hebrew; Chapter 1 APPROACHES TO A PROBLEM; Chapter 2 THE LAW OF UNCLEAN FLESH; Chapter 3 A REVIEW OF EXPLANATIONS; Chapter 4 THE CONTEXT SURVEYED; Chapter 5 THE CONTEXT INTERPRETED; Chapter 6 PURITY AND MONOTHEISM; Chapter 7 MONOTHEISM WITHOUT PURITY; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors.
Summary The distinction between clean and unclean animals, probably originating in tensions between shepherds and farmers, is in the biblical laws of Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 transformed into an important theological principle. In this wide-ranging and elegantly written study, Houston argues that the avoidance of 'unclean' foods is a mark of the exclusive devotion of Israel to one god. In a concluding chapter, it is suggested that the abolition of the distinction in early Christianity corresponds to the universal horizon of the new faith.
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Subject Bible. Old Testament -- Theology.
Bible. Old Testament.
Theology.
Bible. Old Testament.
Bible. Old Testament.
Jews -- Dietary laws -- Biblical teaching.
Jews -- Dietary laws -- Biblical teaching.
Indexed Term Judaism Ethics
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Houston, Walter. Purity and monotheism. Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, ©1993 1850753687 9781850753681 (DLC) 93139937 (OCoLC)30320777
ISBN 9780567071903 (electronic book)
0567071901 (electronic book)
1850753687
9781850753681