Reading Leviticus: Responses to Mary Douglas

Until recently Leviticus has been read, especially in Christian circles, as part of a 'priestly' work with a predominantly prescriptive and ritualistic agenda. In this volume of papers read at a colloquium held in honour of Mary Douglas at Lancaster University in 1995, experts in the Hebrew Bible, Jewish law, comparative law, classical literature and social anthropology raise challenging questions about the composition, context and purpose of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850756287
• ISBN13: 9781850756286
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"