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Illuminating Leviticus : a study of its laws and institutions in the light of biblical narratives

eBook, English, 2006
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Md., 2006
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (x, 212 pages)
9780801889639, 9780801885006, 0801889634, 0801885000
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Introduction : the nature of biblical law
Looking at Leviticus : Leviticus 10-14
Genital impurity in the lineages of David and Jonathan : Leviticus 15
The Day of Atonement : Leviticus 16
The slaughter of animals : Leviticus 17:2-9
The blood taboo : Leviticus 17:10-16
Mourning and marriage rules for priests : Leviticus 21
Life and lies of David : Leviticus 22 and 23
Blasphemies : Leviticus 24
The Year of Jubilee : Leviticus 25
Three laws on the release of slaves : Exodus 21:2-11, Deuteronomy 15:12-18, and Leviticus 25:39-46