People and Land in the Holiness Code: An Exegetical Study of the Ideational Framework of the Law in Leviticus 17-26, Volume 67BRILL, 1996 - 221 pages This work proposes a reconstruction of the thought world underlying the Holiness Code (Leviticus 17-26). It focuses on the notions of people and land, which are central to the way the law is presented in this corpus. Important themes treated include the sons of Israel, the resident alien, the call to holiness, the camp in the desert and the land as the property of the Lord. The conceptual universe of the Holiness Code is entirely dominated by the notion of the presence of the Lord in his sanctuary, in the midst of his people. It is this presence which requires the Israelites to observe holiness and confers upon the land its particular status. The priestly conception of the relationship between God, people and land finds interesting parallels in the ideology of holy places evidenced in writings from the Ancient Near East. |
Table des matières
Introduction | 1 |
CHAPTER THREE The addressees of the Holiness Code | 29 |
CHAPTER FOUR The status of the people | 93 |
CHAPTER SIX YHWHs land and Israels land | 169 |
The giving and taking possession of the land | 184 |
CHAPTER SEVEN Conclusions | 193 |
| 209 | |
Index of passages discussed 223 | |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
addressed Alten Testament Ancient Near Eastern author of H bekol berit biblical law Book Book of Ezekiel camp chapter commandments conception context covenant formula covenant theology Crüsemann cultic Cuneiform Law defile desert Deut Deuteronomy discussion divine dwell ēdāh Elliger exegesis exile Exodus explicitly expression Ezekiel fact framework gēr Hebrew Heiligkeitsgesetz historical Holiness Code Holiness School idea implies interpretation Israelites Jagersma Jerusalem jubilee Kaufmann Knohl land of Canaan land of Israel law codes Leviticus literary Lohfink LORD meaning Milgrom non-Israelite notion noun occurs Old Testament onomy paraenetic parallels passages Pentateuch plural pre-exilic presence of YHWH present Priestly Code Priestly Source priestly texts priests refers relationship between YHWH resident alien sanctuary scholars Schwartz second person singular sojourner status Studien temple tent of meeting term theology tion tradition TWAT underlying verb verse Weinfeld whereas word YHWH YHWH's yiśra'ēl Zimmerli איש הארץ הגר יהוה