Purity and Monotheism: Clean and Unclean Animals in Biblical Law - Couverture rigide

Houston, Walter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1850753687 ISBN 13 : 9781850753681

Editeur : Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffie, 1993

Synopsis

Book by Houston Walter

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The distinction between clean and unclean animals, probably originating in tensions between shepherds and farmers, is in the biblical laws of Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 transformed into an important theological principle. In this wide-ranging and elegantly written study, Houston argues that the avoidance of 'unclean' foods is a mark of the exclusive devotion of Israel to one god. In a concluding chapter, it is suggested that the abolition of the distinction in early Christianity corresponds to the universal horizon of the new faith.

Biographie de l'auteur

The Rev. Dr Walter J. Houston is Fellow Emeritus at Mansfield College, University of Oxford, and Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Religions and Theology at the University of Manchester, UK. He is a contributor to the Oxford Bible Commentary and Eerdmans Bible Commentary.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffie
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1850753687
• ISBN 13: 9781850753681
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 300
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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