Graded Holiness: A Key to the Priestly Conception of the World
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Publishing Details
Graded Holiness: A Key to the Priestly Conception of the World
By (Author) Reverend Doctor Philip Peter Jenson
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Sheffield Academic Press
1st March 1992
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Bible readings, selections and meditations
222.1306
Physical Properties
Hardback
290
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
300g
Description
This wide-ranging investigation of the priestly cultic texts from Exodus 25 onwards explores the coherence and theology of the priestly writing, utilizing insights from anthropology and recent biblical scholarship. Through a carefully worked out set of laws and institutions, the priestly authors sought to order Israel's life before God in a sustainable and satisfying way. This is a valuable contribution to the growing number of studies concerned to understand and recover this neglected part of the Bible.
Author Bio
Philip P. Jenson teaches Old Testament and Hebrew at Ridley Hall at Cambridge University. His previous publications include Graded Holiness (Sheffield 1992) and Reading Jonah (Grove Books 1999).
