A BREAK IN THE LINE: RECONSIDERING THE BIBLE'S DIVERSE FESTIVAL CALENDARS
This second article on the Israelite festivals concludes a reevaluation of their origins in light of new evidence from Emar in northern Syria. Until now, the variety of biblical definitions for three festivals a year has been explained in linear terms, each version a revision of a previous one. The...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
1999
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Revue biblique
Year: 1999, Volume: 106, Issue: 2, Pages: 161-174 |
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| Summary: | This second article on the Israelite festivals concludes a reevaluation of their origins in light of new evidence from Emar in northern Syria. Until now, the variety of biblical definitions for three festivals a year has been explained in linear terms, each version a revision of a previous one. The comparison with Emar suggests that at least the calendar frameworks in Leviticus 23 and Numbers 28-29 are not best understood as a development from those of Exodus and Deuteronomy, though none of these reflects clear post-exilic innovation. Independent renditions of Israel's festival calendar should not come from the eventual dominance of a centralizing vision. Rather, they should derive ultimately from the earlier period when several major Yahweh sanctuaries thrived side by side. |
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| ISSN: | 2466-8583 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Revue biblique
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