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In the wilderness : the doctrine of defilement in the Book of Numbers / Mary Douglas.
Van Pelt Library BS1265.2 .D68 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Numbers--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Numbers.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 21-259 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Doctrine of defilement in the Book of Numbers.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- Following on from the paperback edition of Leviticus as Literature, this is the revised paperback edition of Mary Douglas's classical account of the Book of Numbers. Up to now Bible scholars have tended to dismiss Numbers as a chaotic mix of narrative and laws. Mary Douglas argues that, like Leviticus, Numbers is actually a highly complex book arranged in a regular ring structure which plots the narratives and laws into 12 parts. She argues that it is only through an understanding of the ring formation of these parts that one can fully appreciate the meanings behind this complex work.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-251) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 019924541X
- OCLC:
- 45992069
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