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Purity and Monotheism: Clean and Unclean Animals in Biblical Law: No. 140. (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement S.) - Hardcover

Houston, Walter

 
9781850753681: Purity and Monotheism: Clean and Unclean Animals in Biblical Law: No. 140. (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement S.)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1850753687 ISBN 13: 9781850753681
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffie, 1993

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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.

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Publisher
Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffie
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1850753687
ISBN 13 
9781850753681
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
300