Priestly Aesthetics: Disability and Bodily Difference in Leviticus 21

Leviticus 21:16-23 forbids priests with a wide range of disabilities from offering sacrifice at the altar, a ritual act that Leviticus considers the most sacred responsibility of the priesthood. This essay raises critical questions about the biblical writer's assumption that God desires the ser...

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Main Author: Belser, Julia Watts 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. [2019]
In: Interpretation
Year: 2019, Volume: 73, Issue: 4, Pages: 355-366
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Bible. Levitikus 21
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