Seeking the divine, divining the seekers: the status of outsiders who seek Yahweh in Ezra 6:21

This article argues, pace Thiessen, that the boundaries of restored Israel in Ezra 1–6 are porous: the texts that establish the community's exclusivism do so only provisionally, in place of a working temple cult. This is shown especially in Ezra 2:61–63, where priests who cannot find written pr...

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Main Author: Jones, Christopher M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The National Library of Canada 2015
In: The journal of Hebrew scriptures
Year: 2015, Volume: 15, Pages: 1-23
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Bible. Ezra 6,21
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