Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Biblical Interpretation; a Journal of Contemporary Approaches
Angaben zur Quelle:
29,2 (2021) 120-147
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Documentary hypothesis (Pentateuchal criticism)
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Ritual in the Bible
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Blood Biblical teaching
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Oils and fats Biblical teaching
Abstract:
Source critical analyses of the Pentateuch in recent scholarship have focused primarily on literary means for detecting distinct literary voices, and, in some recent publications, historical aspects of, particularly, the P source. In this article, I formulate a distinct approach to source criticism that supports this resurgence of documentary analysis, examining in particular the ritual of blood and oil daubing on bodies in Exod. 19–24, Lev. 8 and 14. After summarizing the main point at issue (namely, access to the divine), I offer a documentary approach using ritual theory in the study of these texts. Finally, I highlight the manner in which the ritual study of Exod.19–24, Lev. 8 and 14 is consistent with both key historical and recent arguments in the documentary approach to the composition of the Pentateuch.
DOI:
10.1163/15685152-00284P06
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