Name: Leviticus 11-20
SKU: 56786308
Price: 190.13 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Watts, J. W.
ISBN: 9789042949720

Select your country

Americas

Europe

Rest of the world

Type

Physical Book

Author

J. W. Watts

Publisher

Peeters

Language

English

Pages

608

Format

Paperback

Weight

1.15 kg.

ISBN13

9789042949720

Synopsis "Leviticus 11-20"

This detailed exposition of Leviticus 11-20 focuses especially on the text's rhetoric of pollution and purity. While engaging a wide variety of contemporary scholarship on Leviticus, it also shows the book's historical influence on Jewish and Christian beliefs and practices from antiquity to the present day. Leviticus's rhetoric aimed to persuade ancient listeners and readers to identify themselves as Israel by observing YHWH's Torah, as exemplified especially by their diets and purification practices. It used prohibitions on illicit sexual intercourse to stigmatize pollution with sexual innuendo. The book makes purification and foregiveness available through personal and priestly rituals. Leviticus also emphasizes the importance of all kinds of divine commandments, including acting out of love for neighbors and immigrants. Leviticus's rhetoric has therefore echoed in later Jewish and Christian cultures around issues of pollution, atonement, sex, and ethics, especially treatment of women and ethnic others.

Customers reviews

Have you read this book? Login to add your review.

More customer reviews

0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)

Questions and Answers about the Book

Do you have a question about the book? Login to be able to add your own question.

Opinions about Bookdelivery

More customer reviews

Leviticus 11-20 - Watts, J. W.

Synopsis "Leviticus 11-20"

Customers reviews

Frequently Asked Questions about the Book

Is the book original?

In what language is the book written?

What is the format of this book?

Questions and Answers about the Book

Opinions about Bookdelivery