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Leviticus as Literature

Name: Leviticus as Literature
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 02536564
Price: 65.26 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Professor Mary Douglas
ISBN: 9780199244195

Professor Mary Douglas

Language

English

Book Paperback

Libristo code: 02536564

Publishers Oxford University Press, March 2001

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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.