Writing a commentary on Leviticus : hermeneutics, methodology, themes
edited by Christian A. Eberhart and Thomas Hieke
Bok · Engelsk · 2019
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| Omfang | 270 sider : figurer
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| Opplysninger | Introduction. Writing a commentary on Leviticus / Christian A. Eberhart, Thomas Hieke -- Writing a commentary as a research achievement / Thomas Hieke -- Unperformed rituals in an unread book / James W. Watts -- Commentary as ethnography / William K. Gilders -- The role of Second Temple texts in a commentary on Leviticus / Hannah K. Harrington -- Writing on Leviticus for the HThKat series. Some key issues on sacrificial rituals / Thomas Hieke -- Sacrifice? Holy smokes! Reflections on cult terminology for understanding sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible / Christian A. Eberhart -- The form and function of a biblical blood ritual / Naphtali S. Meshel -- Purification offerings and paradoxical pollution of the holy / Roy E. Gane -- Some new questions in the fundamental science of P / Naphtali S. Meshel -- Constructing contagion on Yom Kippur. The scapegoat as Ḥaṭṭā't / Nicole J. Ruane -- Participation and abstraction in the Yom Kippur ritual according to Leviticus 16 / Thomas Hieke -- Is there an incense altar in this ritual? A question of ritual-textual interpretive community / William K. Gilders -- The prohibition of transferring an offspring to "the Molech". No child sacrifice in Leviticus 18 and 20 / Thomas Hieke -- Law and creation in the priestly-holiness writings of the Pentateuch / David P. Wright -- Drawing lines. A suggestion for addressing the moral problem of reproducing immoral biblical texts in commentaries and Bibles / James W. Watts.. - In this volume, leading experts in the field of Hebrew Bible writing a larger commentary on the book of Leviticus share their experiences, discuss hermeneutical and methodological considerations, and present their ideas about particular themes and issues. Its first part features essays on the process of writing a Leviticus commentary, including boosts and obstacles, while suggesting innovative insights on particular problems of the book. The second part identifies certain themes of Leviticus such as sacrifices and rituals, the notion of sins and purity/impurity, and the relationship to the sphere of God. -- Bakside av omslaget
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| Emner | Bibelen . GT. Mos. 3
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| ISBN | 352553471X. - 978-3-525-53471-7
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