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Purity and monotheism : clean and unclean animals in biblical law / Walter Houston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Houston, Walter.
- Series:
- The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series, 0309-0787 ; 140
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Theology.
- Bible.
- Jews--Dietary laws--Biblical teaching.
- Jews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, c1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- The distinction between clean and unclean animals, probably originating in tensions between shepherds and farmers, is in the biblical laws of Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 transformed into an important theological principle. In this wide-ranging and elegantly written study, Houston argues that the avoidance of 'unclean' foods is a mark of the exclusive devotion of Israel to one god. In a concluding chapter, it is suggested that the abolition of the distinction in early Christianity corresponds to the universal horizon of the new faith.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; A Note on Hebrew; Chapter 1 APPROACHES TO A PROBLEM; Chapter 2 THE LAW OF UNCLEAN FLESH; Chapter 3 A REVIEW OF EXPLANATIONS; Chapter 4 THE CONTEXT SURVEYED; Chapter 5 THE CONTEXT INTERPRETED; Chapter 6 PURITY AND MONOTHEISM; Chapter 7 MONOTHEISM WITHOUT PURITY; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-303) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786611804237
- 9781281804235
- 1281804231
- 9780567071903
- 0567071901
- OCLC:
- 287123689
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