RT Book
T1 The Levites and the boundaries of Israelite identity
A1 Leuchter, Mark
LA English
PP New York, NY
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1003290280
AB The biblical record attempts to present the Levites as a clerus minor under the Aaronides, a second class priestly order occupying a mediating role between them and the larger Israelite public. But scholars have long recognized that this literary presentation obscures a much more complicated reality pertaining to the origin of the Levites and their role in the development of Israelite religion. This study provides a renewed examination of the Levites as a social entity within ancient Israel, providing a detailed picture of their origins, their ideas, their response to adversity, and the deep impact of the traditions they forged and preserved in literary form.
NO Previously issued in print: 2017. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 9, 2017)
CN 296.495
SN 9780190665128
K1 Priests, Jewish : History
K1 Priests, Jewish : Biblical teaching
K1 Levites
K1 Levit
K1 Levitismus
K1 Judentum
K1 Identität
DO 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190665098.001.0001