02737nam 2200589Ia 450 991081656220332120200520144314.01-281-80423-197866118042370-567-07190-1(CKB)1000000000556852(EBL)436581(OCoLC)287123689(SSID)ssj0000230808(PQKBManifestationID)12059719(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230808(PQKBWorkID)10197505(PQKB)11643128(MiAaPQ)EBC436581(Au-PeEL)EBL436581(CaPaEBR)ebr10256248(CaONFJC)MIL180423(OCoLC)893333723(EXLCZ)99100000000055685219930413d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPurity and monotheism clean and unclean animals in biblical law /Walter HoustonSheffield, England JSOT Pressc19931 online resource (321 pages)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series,0309-0787 ;140Description based upon print version of record.0-567-50436-0 1-85075-368-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-303) and indexes.Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; A Note on Hebrew; Chapter 1 APPROACHES TO A PROBLEM; Chapter 2 THE LAW OF UNCLEAN FLESH; Chapter 3 A REVIEW OF EXPLANATIONS; Chapter 4 THE CONTEXT SURVEYED; Chapter 5 THE CONTEXT INTERPRETED; Chapter 6 PURITY AND MONOTHEISM; Chapter 7 MONOTHEISM WITHOUT PURITY; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of AuthorsThe distinction between clean and unclean animals, probably originating in tensions between shepherds and farmers, is in the biblical laws of Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 transformed into an important theological principle. In this wide-ranging and elegantly written study, Houston argues that the avoidance of 'unclean' foods is a mark of the exclusive devotion of Israel to one god. In a concluding chapter, it is suggested that the abolition of the distinction in early Christianity corresponds to the universal horizon of the new faith.The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament StudiesJewsDietary lawsBiblical teachingJewsDietary lawsBiblical teaching.296.7/3/0901Houston Walter675250MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816562203321Purity and monotheism1281273UNINA