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| Other authors / contributors: | Sawyer, John F. A.
Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007.
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| ISBN: | 9780567275110
0567275116
1850756287
9781850756286
1281813885
9781281813886
9786611813888
6611813888
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and indexes.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | Until recently Leviticus has been read, especially in Christian circles, as part of a ''priestly'' work with a predominantly prescriptive and ritualistic agenda. In this volume of papers read at a colloquium held in honour of Mary Douglas at Lancaster University in 1995, experts in the Hebrew Bible, Jewish law, comparative law, classical literature and social anthropology raise challenging questions about the composition, context and purpose of the book. Can it be read as an autonomous literary unit? How significant are its unique ethical insights? Is it law or narrative? Does it reflect actua.
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| Other form: | Print version: Reading Leviticus. Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1996 1850756287 9781850756286
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