Ethics and Holiness in the Theology of Leviticus

Leviticus itself appears to be unaware that any distinction can or needs to be drawn between ethical and cultic demands, but allowing, for the moment at least, that such a distinction can be applied to the text we can ask whether cultic and ethical obligations merely coexist as two sorts of requirem...

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Main Author: Cothey, Antony (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2005
In: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2005, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 131-151
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Summary:Leviticus itself appears to be unaware that any distinction can or needs to be drawn between ethical and cultic demands, but allowing, for the moment at least, that such a distinction can be applied to the text we can ask whether cultic and ethical obligations merely coexist as two sorts of requirement that Yahweh has imposed, or whether they are linked by some inner connection. To what extent are cultic and ethical requirements complementary, and to what extent is there tension and perhaps even conflict between them?
ISSN:1476-6728
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0309089205060612