The sacredness of firstling animals: evolving perspectives within Deuteronomy
Repeated and varied treatments of animal firstlings in Deuteronomy’s cultic laws (Deut 12:17–18; 14:23–26; 15:19–23) reflect a succession of attempts to place firstlings within Deuteronomy’s centralized cult. Based on comparison of Deuteronomy’s firstling regulations and informed by the history of t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The National Library of Canada
2020
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| In: |
The journal of Hebrew scriptures
Year: 2020, Volume: 20, Pages: 1-25 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Deuteronomium 14,23-26
/ Bible. Deuteronomium 15,19-23
/ First fruits
/ Cult
/ Centralisation
/ Statutory law
/ Improvement
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
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| Summary: | Repeated and varied treatments of animal firstlings in Deuteronomy’s cultic laws (Deut 12:17–18; 14:23–26; 15:19–23) reflect a succession of attempts to place firstlings within Deuteronomy’s centralized cult. Based on comparison of Deuteronomy’s firstling regulations and informed by the history of their interpretation, this study reconstructs the process of amendment that produced this set of laws and places this process within the larger context of the legal hermeneutics of the Pentateuch. |
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| ISSN: | 1203-1542 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Hebrew scriptures
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5508/jhs29569 |