People and Land in the Holiness Code

An Exegetical Study of the Ideational Framework of the Law in Leviticus 17-26
Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-90-04-10557-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 67, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 507 g

Reihe: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements

This work proposes a reconstruction of the thought world underlying the Holiness Code (Leviticus 17-26). It focuses on the notions of people and land, which are central to the way the law is presented in this corpus. Important themes treated include the sons of Israel, the resident alien, the call to holiness, the camp in the desert and the land as the property of the Lord.
The conceptual universe of the Holiness Code is entirely dominated by the notion of the presence of the Lord in his sanctuary, in the midst of his people. It is this presence which requires the Israelites to observe holiness and confers upon the land its particular status.
The priestly conception of the relationship between God, people and land finds interesting parallels in the ideology of holy places evidenced in writings from the Ancient Near East.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Joosten, Jan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie, Vergleichende Mythologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Bibelwissenschaften: Sachbuch, Erbauung, Didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

Jan Joosten, Ph.D. in Semitic languages (Jerusalem, 1989) and Doctor of Theology (Brussels, 1994), is Professor of Biblical Philology at the Faculté Protestante in Strasbourg. He has published on textual criticism and Hebrew grammar as well as on the theology of priestly writings in the OT.