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Leviticus as Literature

Name: Leviticus as Literature
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780199244195
Price: 173.85 PLN
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Autor: Professor Mary Douglas

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Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: Oxford University Press

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This first full-scale account of Leviticus by a world-renowned anthropologist presents the biblical...

Informacje o książce

Autor

Professor Mary Douglas

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

2001

strony

304

EAN

9780199244195

ISBN

0199244197

Enbook ID

02536564

Wydawca

Oxford University Press

Waga

384

Wymiary

142 x 216 x 16

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This first full-scale account of Leviticus by a world-renowned anthropologist presents the biblical work as a literary masterpiece. Seen in an anthropological perspective Leviticus has a mystical structure which plots the book into three parts corresponding to the three parts of the desert tabernacle, which in turn corresponds to the parts of Mount Sinai. This completely new reading transforms the interpretation of the purity laws. The pig and other forbidden animals are not abhorrent, they command the same respect due to all God's creatures. Boldly challenging several traditions of Bible criticism, Mary Douglas claims that Leviticus is not the narrow doctrine of a crabbed professional priesthood but a powerful intellectual statement about a religion which emphasizes God's justice and compassion.