People and Land in the Holiness Code: An Exegetical Study of the Ideational Framework of the Law in Leviticus 17-26 (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum)

Jan Joosten

ISBN 10: 9004105573 / ISBN 13: 9789004105577

Published by Brill Academic Publishers, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: People and Land in the Holiness Code: An Exegetical Study of the Ideational Framework of the Law in Leviticus 17-26 (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum)
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004105573
• ISBN 13: 9789004105577
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This work proposes a reconstruction of the thought world underlying the Holiness Code (Leviticus 17-26). It focuses on the notions of people and land, which are central to the way the law is presented in this corpus. Important themes treated include the sons of Israel, the resident alien, the call to holiness, the camp in the desert and the land as the property of the Lord.
The conceptual universe of the Holiness Code is entirely dominated by the notion of the presence of the Lord in his sanctuary, in the midst of his people. It is this presence which requires the Israelites to observe holiness and confers upon the land its particular status.
The priestly conception of the relationship between God, people and land finds interesting parallels in the ideology of holy places evidenced in writings from the Ancient Near East.

About the Author

Jan Joosten, Ph.D. in Semitic languages (Jerusalem, 1989) and Doctor of Theology (Brussels, 1994), is Professor of Biblical Philology at the Faculté Protestante in Strasbourg. He has published on textual criticism and Hebrew grammar as well as on the theology of priestly writings in the OT.