Purity and monotheism : clean and unclean animals in biblical law / / Walter Houston

• Autore: Houston Walter
• Pubblicazione: Sheffield, England : , : JSOT Press, , 1993; ©1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 pages)
• Disciplina: 296.7/3/0901
• Soggetto topico: Jews - Dietary laws - Biblical teaching; Judaism - Ethics; Animals in the Bible; Food in the Bible
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-303) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Purity and monotheism
• ISBN: 1-281-80423-1; 9786611804237; 0-567-07190-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782473603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies