Jacob's tears : the priestly work of reconciliation / Mary Douglas.

By:

Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780191532726
019153272X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jacob's tears.DDC classification:

222.106 22

LOC classification:

BS1171.3 .D68 2006

Other classification:

BC 6610

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Contents:

Counting and recounting Jacob's twelve sons -- Jacob weeping for Joseph -- Ezra reduces all Israel to Judah -- Balaam delivers God's blessings on all Israel -- Problems in reading the priestly books -- The bodyhouse cosmogram -- Uncleanness and taboo draw the lines of the world -- One god, no ancestors, in a world renewed.

Summary: Who is Israel? Who were the priestly authors of the Pentateuch? This anthropological reading of the Bible starts by asking why the Book of Numbers lists the 12 tribes of Israel seven times.

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Who is Israel? Who were the priestly authors of the Pentateuch? This anthropological reading of the Bible starts by asking why the Book of Numbers lists the 12 tribes of Israel seven times.

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