Leviticus 19:33-34 – the forgotten injunction: a case study of ‘alien’ students in Senga and Nehosho suburbs of Gweru, Zimbabwe

The Priestly material in Leviticus has for a long time been a devalued part of the Hebrew Bible. The general trend of modern scholarship tends to be characterized by a deep-seated bias that views impurity rules as primitive and irrational taboos, and sacrifice as controlled savagery that is empty of...

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Main Author: Mwandayi, Canisius
Format: Book chapter
Language:English
Published: University Bamberg Press 2016
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Online Access:https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bamberg/files/25287/BiAS17ChildrenopusseA2.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1611
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Summary:The Priestly material in Leviticus has for a long time been a devalued part of the Hebrew Bible. The general trend of modern scholarship tends to be characterized by a deep-seated bias that views impurity rules as primitive and irrational taboos, and sacrifice as controlled savagery that is empty of any spiritual meaning.