Reading Leviticus
Subtitle: a conversation with Mary Douglas
By: edited by John F.A. Sawyer.
Contributors: Sawyer, John F. A.; Douglas, Mary, 1921-
Series: Journal for the study of the Old Testament.; 227
Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Sheffield, Eng
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Douglas, Mary, 1921-; Bible. O.T. Leviticus -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses
Description: The impact of Mary Douglas's anthropological work on biblical studies has nowhere been more strongly felt than in the area of biblical legal systems. A group of experts in bible, Jewish law, comparative law, classical literature and social anthropology met in 1995 in the company of Mary Douglas to explore the book of Leviticus.

Among the topics reviewed and published in this volume, are: the unity of Leviticus, its ethical principles, its genre, its relation to social reality, its date, and its place in the development of Jewish law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-278) and indexes.
"Contains an edited version of the proceedings of a colloquium held on 30 May-1 June 1995 at Lancaster University, originally entitled: Unity, Purity, and the Covenant: Reading Leviticus"--Pref.