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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Language: | English |
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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. |
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