Graded Holiness: A Key to the Priestly Conception of the World (JSOT Supplement)

GRADED HOLINESS: A Key to the Priestly Conception of the World......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 12
1.1 Introduction......Page 16
1.2 The Evaluation of the Priestly Writing......Page 17
1.3 Historical-Critical Investigation of P......Page 20
1.4 Kerygmatic Theologies of P......Page 27
1.5 Systematic Theologies of the Cult......Page 32
1.6 Summary......Page 39
2.1 Introduction......Page 41
2.2 The Semantic Field of Holiness......Page 44
2.3 Conclusion......Page 55
3.1 The Challenge from Anthropology......Page 57
3.2 New Perspectives from Anthropology......Page 59
3.3 Older Concepts......Page 67
3.4 Purity and Impurity......Page 76
3.5 Two Examples......Page 84
3.6 Conclusion......Page 88
4.2 The Tabernacle......Page 90
4.3 The Formal Description of the Tabernacle......Page 95
4.4 The Material Gradation of the Tabernacle......Page 102
4.5 Gradation and the Senses......Page 108
4.6 The Symbolism of the Tabernacle......Page 112
4.7 Conclusion......Page 115
5.1 Introduction......Page 116
5.2 The Priests......Page 120
5.3 The Levites......Page 131
5.4 The People......Page 136
5.5 Conclusion......Page 148
6.1 Sacrifice and Ritual......Page 150
6.2 Models of Sacrifice in P......Page 156
6.3 Purification......Page 166
6.4 Sacrifice and Grading......Page 172
6.5 Conclusion......Page 181
7.1 The Holiness Spectrum and Time......Page 183
7.2 The Festivals......Page 187
7.3 The Sabbath......Page 193
7.4 The Day of Atonement......Page 198
7.5 Conclusion......Page 209
8.1 A Theology of the Priestly Cultic Texts......Page 211
8.2 The Structure of an Old Testament Theology......Page 213
8.3 Order in the Old Testament......Page 216
Appendix 1 The Priestly Narrative (P[sub(g)]......Page 221
Appendix 2 Grades of Impurity......Page 226
Appendix 3 The Priestly Calendars (Leviticus 23; Numbers 28-29)......Page 228
Appendix 4 The Sacrificial Calendar (Numbers 28-29)......Page 229
Appendix 5 The Calendar and the Festivals......Page 231
Bibliography......Page 233
Index of References......Page 266
C......Page 277
G......Page 278
K......Page 279
O......Page 280
V......Page 281
Z......Page 282
Back Matter......Page 284