Rituals of persuasion: some prescriptive texts as motivational for holiness in Leviticus

Against the consensus view, reviewed in Chapter 1, this thesis argues that there is an ethical aspect to the Priestly (P) concept of holiness. It is contended that this aspect is implicit within the symbolic dimension of P's ritual texts. I propose that these texts were intended to persuade the...

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Main Author:	Trevaskis, Leigh M.
Published:	University of Bristol 2007
Subjects:	222.13
Online Access:	http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492453

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description	Against the consensus view, reviewed in Chapter 1, this thesis argues that there is an ethical aspect to the Priestly (P) concept of holiness. It is contended that this aspect is implicit within the symbolic dimension of P's ritual texts. I propose that these texts were intended to persuade the Israelites to "be holy." For these reasons it is concluded that the concepts of holiness and P and the Holiness Code (Lev. 17-27; H) are possibly more similar than is commonly assumed.
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title	Rituals of persuasion: some prescriptive texts as motivational for holiness in Leviticus
title_short	Rituals of persuasion: some prescriptive texts as motivational for holiness in Leviticus
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Rituals of persuasion: some prescriptive texts as motivational for holiness in Leviticus

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