Author/Contributor(s): | Douglas, Mary |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, USA |
Date: | 05/17/2001 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Condition: | NEW |
tabernacle, both corresponding to the parts of Mount Sinai. This completely new reading transforms the interpretation of the purity laws. The pig and other forbidden animals are not abhorrent, they command the same respect due to all God's creatures. Boldly challenging several traditions of Bible
criticism, Mary Douglas claims that Leviticus is not the narrow doctrine of a crabbed professional priesthood but a powerful intellectual statement about a modern religion which emphasizes God's justice and compassion.