L’impureté selon P. Une lecture théologique

This study sets out to review the different factors of impurity recognized as such by P. In the final analysis, these come down to two: death (with which ‘leprosy’ is connected) and sexuality. Whatever the original reason for considering these two factors as a source of impurity, P. has given them a...

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Main Author: Marx, Alfred 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:French
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Published: Peeters 2001
In: Biblica
Year: 2001, Volume: 82, Issue: 3, Pages: 363-384
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Summary:This study sets out to review the different factors of impurity recognized as such by P. In the final analysis, these come down to two: death (with which ‘leprosy’ is connected) and sexuality. Whatever the original reason for considering these two factors as a source of impurity, P. has given them a theological reinterpretation by which he relates them to the story of the Fall; death and sexuality are characteristics of the human condition that are a result of the Fall, whereas the impurity which they bring about calls to mind the dissolution of the original connection between man and God.
ISSN:2385-2062
Contains:Enthalten in: Biblica