Purity and Monotheism

Clean and Unclean Animals in Biblical Law

Rev. Dr. Walter J. Houston (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

314 Seiten

2009 | NIPPOD
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (Verlag)
978-0-567-50436-4 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.2009
Reihe/Serie	The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	484 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
ISBN-10	0-567-50436-0 / 0567504360
ISBN-13	978-0-567-50436-4 / 9780567504364
Zustand	Neuware