Leviticus 1-16: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary
TL;DR: In this paper, the author traverses the shoals of legal thought and liturgical practice in ancient Israel and clearly explains the role of the Tabernacle of the Wilderness as the all-important center of Israelite worship, the locus of the priestly orders, sacrificial rituals, and practices of purity.
Abstract: At the beginning of his academic career, author Jacob Milgrom determined to make his lifework a probing study of the "Laws of the Torah". Here, with "Leviticus 1-16", the first of three volumes on Leviticus, he has reached the pinnacle of his long pursuit. No other contemporary commentary matches Milgrom's comprehensive work on this much misunderstood and often underappreciated biblical book.In this richly detailed volume, the author traverses the shoals of legal thought and liturgical practice in ancient Israel. He clearly explains the role of the Tabernacle of the Wilderness as the all-important center of Israelite worship, the locus of the priestly orders, sacrificial rituals, and practices of purity to which the congregation repaired for penitence and reconciliation, restoration and renewal. At the heart of the dwelling place of God was the real presence of the God of Israel, present through his splendor in the midst of the camp and the congregation - a permanent sign of the unique privilege and responsibility of Israel, perceived as a worshipping and serving people.
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01 Jan 2019
TL;DR: In this paper, it is shown that the distinction between image and likeness is not applicable to the human, who is created in the "image...likeness" of the divine creator.
Abstract: it defines and limits the meaning of selem. Second, the two words are interchangeable; no distinction is discoverable between them. Third, both words are included in Genesis 1:26. However, only selem is used in Genesis 1:27, but the omission of d§mu®t does not diminish the meaning. Preuss, noting the occurrence and semantic field of the verb and noun forms for t...wm√;d defines it as a “copy,” “reproduction” or “image” (Preuss 1997:3.259). The eighth century prophet Isaiah warns the nation of Israel not to pursue lRs‹RÚpAh “the idol” (Is 40:19), since wáøl ...wk√rAo¶A;tt...wäm√;d_hAm...w l¡Ea N...wâyV;mådV;t yTMIm_lRa◊w “to whom will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare with Him?” (Is 40:18). Idols, which are creations of human hands, lack the “likeness” of the divine creator. Isaiah’s comparison is not applicable to the human, who is created in the “image...likeness” of God. The context of Isaiah 40 expresses comfort for God’s people (40:1), whose Lord has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand (40:12), sits enthroned above the circle of the earth (Is 40:22), and is the Everlasting God, Creator of the ends of the earth who does not grow weary or tired (40:28b). Idols do not compare. Feinberg (1972:236) notes the difference between sΩelem, which refers to human essence, and d§mu®t as the aspect of the person that changes. Both concepts evolve from the Greek and Latin father’s distinction between sΩelem, as the physical condition of the human, and d§mu®t which refers to the ethical expression of the divine image emanating from God. Although distinctions between image and likeness are noted, Kidner (2008:55) deduces that the words reinforce one another in Genesis 1:26, since the conjunction is absent
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14 Oct 2014
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01 Jul 2012
TL;DR: Bradley and Stow as discussed by the authors discuss the relationship between pollution and propriety in the Roman world and their relationship with the notion of a "sacred sewer" in the Cloaca Maxima.
Abstract: Introduction Mark Bradley and Kenneth Stow Part I. Antiquity: 1. Approaches to pollution and propriety Mark Bradley 2. Pollution, religion and society in the Roman world Jack Lennon 3. Purification in ancient Rome Elaine Fantham 4. Pollution, propriety and urbanism in Republican Rome Penelope Davies 5. The 'sacred sewer': tradition and religion in the Cloaca Maxima John Hopkins 6. Crime and punishment on the Capitoline Hill Mark Bradley 7. On the burial of unchaste Vestal Virgins Celia Schultz Part II. Modernity: 8. Fra Girolamo Savonarola and the aesthetics of Roman pollution Alessio Assonitis 9. Purging filth: plague and responses to it in Rome, 1656-7 David Gentilcore 10. Was the ghetto cleaner...? Kenneth Stow 11. Urban ablutions: cleansing counter-reformation Rome Katherine Rinne 12. The clash of picturesque decay and modern cleanliness in late nineteenth-century Rome Taina Syrjamaa 13. Vile bodies: Victorian Protestants in the Roman catacombs Dominic Janes 14. Delinquency and pederasty: 'deviant' youngsters in the suburbs of Fascist Rome Martina Salvante Envoi. Purity and danger: its life and afterlife Judith Goldstein.
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01 Jan 2009
TL;DR: The authors argued that more than half of the occurrences clearly use the term "ladys of the house" to indicate the wife of the king. But the interpretation of the compound must be more complex than its straightforward translation.
Abstract: The rather euphemistic “lady of the house”,2 bēlat bēti,3 appears twelve4 times in the extant Neo-Assyrian sources. The overall interpretation of the compound must, however, be more complex than its straightforward translation. In this article, we will aim at clarifying the identity of the ladies who carried this title in the NeoAssyrian period as well as briefly discussing the possible problems and/or prospects resulting from the proposed identifications. We will argue that more than half of the occurrences clearly use the term “lady of the house” to indicate the wife of the
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01 Jan 2018
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