Leviticus as Literature
«I enjoyed this book thoroughly, especially when arguing with it, and commend it to students both of biblical studies and literature as giving a great deal of food for thought on the relationship between form, content and function in texts»
Hugh S. Pyper, Literature & Theology
This text attempts to present the Book of Leviticus as more than a collection of religious legalities, and reviews it from an anthropological perspective. It argues that it is not the narrow theology of a crabbed, inward-turning, priestly culture but a philosophical achievement. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780198150923
- Utgivelsesår
- 1999
- Format
- 22 x 14 cm
Anmeldelser
«I enjoyed this book thoroughly, especially when arguing with it, and commend it to students both of biblical studies and literature as giving a great deal of food for thought on the relationship between form, content and function in texts»
Hugh S. Pyper, Literature & Theology
«Wealth of interesting ideas in this work, which will need to be taken into account by future readers of Leviticus»
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament