Holiness, Purity, the Body, and Society: the Evidence for Theological Conflict in Leviticus
Israel Knohl's recently advanced hypothesis that the Holiness Code answers and mildly corrects the Priestly Work receives qualified support in a study of the use of words related to the roots ? and ? in Leviticus 1-16 and 17-26. But contrary to Knohl's view that the Holiness Codes still re...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
1997
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 1997, Volume: 22, Issue: 76, Pages: 3-27 |
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| Summary: | Israel Knohl's recently advanced hypothesis that the Holiness Code answers and mildly corrects the Priestly Work receives qualified support in a study of the use of words related to the roots ? and ? in Leviticus 1-16 and 17-26. But contrary to Knohl's view that the Holiness Codes still reflects priestly interests, this study shows that the different uses of the roots in the two parts of Leviticus suggest a democratization and laicization of holiness in Leviticus 17-26 and may imply a pol emic on the part of the Holiness Code's authors against the authors of Leviticus 1-16. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/030908929702207601 |