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
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492453