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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453357603321

Autore

Jenson Philip Peter

Titolo

Graded holiness [[electronic resource] ] : a key to the priestly conception of the world / / Philip Peter Jenson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : JSOT Press, c1992

ISBN

1-281-80351-0

9786611803513

0-567-18112-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 106

Disciplina

222.1306

Soggetti

P document (Biblical criticism)

Documentary hypothesis (Pentateuchal criticism)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Partial revision of doctoral dissertation, Cambridge University, 1988.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 THE CULTIC TEXTS OF THE PRIESTLY WRITING; Chapter 2 CONCEPTS OF HOLINESS AND PURITY; Chapter 3 THE HOLINESS SPECTRUM; Chapter 4 THE SPATIAL DIMENSION; Chapter 5 THE PERSONAL DIMENSION; Chapter 6 THE RITUAL DIMENSION; Chapter 7 THE DIMENSION OF TIME; Chapter 8 CONCLUSION; Appendix 1 The Priestly Narrative (P[sub(g)]; Appendix 2 Grades of Impurity; Appendix 3 The Priestly Calendars (Leviticus 23;  Numbers 28-29); Appendix 4 The Sacrificial Calendar (Numbers 28-29); Appendix 5 The Calendar and the Festivals; Bibliography; Index of References

Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This wide-ranging investigation of the priestly cultic texts from Exodus 25 onwards explores the coherence and theology of the priestly writing, utilizing insights from anthropology and recent biblical scholarship. Through a carefully worked out set of laws and institutions, the priestly authors sought to order Israel's life before God in a sustainable and satisfying way. This is a valuable contribution to the growing number of studies concerned to understand and recover this neglected part of the Bible.