The Sanctuary of Silence: The Priestly Torah and the Holiness SchoolFortress Press, 1995 - 246 من الصفحات Israel Knohl offers a new perspective on the history and theology of the Priestly source of the Pentateuch. By means of an analysis of specific texts - for example, those that deal with the Sabbath and the Festivals - Knohl demonstrates the existence of two separate priestly sources, loosely connected with what we have known as P and the Holiness Code. The "Holiness School" is shown to be active subsequent to that of the Priestly Torah and, in fact, to be responsible for the great enterprise of editing the Torah. Knohl examines the conceptions of divinity and ritual reflected in priestly thought and legislation in ancient Israel and the changes revealed in these conceptions over time. The Priesthood appears as an elite, closeted within the walls of the "Sanctuary of Silence, " drawn toward the hidden, noble divinity ensconced within its shrine. The later stratum of Priestly writings expresses a desire to transcend the limits of the temple and go out into the broad avenues of the nation, even at the price of surrendering the loftiness of earlier faith and practice. The conclusion describes the changes that occurred in the Priests' worldview as an attempt to come to terms with the socio-religious crisis that had brought about a disjunction between ritual and ethics. In response to this crisis, the priests developed a wider conception of holiness, one that integrates ethics and ritual in one sphere. |
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An Eternal Law Throughout Your Generations | 46 |
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Aaron Ahaz altar Ancient anthropomorphic appears Bible Biblical burnt offering chap chapter chieftains command commentary conception covenant cult Day of Atonement Deut Deuteronomy Dillmann discussion divine editorial addition editorial stratum entire Excursus Exod Exodus explained expression Ezekiel faith festival firstfruits formula Genesis period God's Greenberg guilt offering Haran Hexateuch Hezekiah History Holiness Code Holiness School HS editors HS origin HS's idem Israel Israelite Jerusalem Kaufmann Korah Kuenen land language Levites Leviticus Leviticus 23 linguistic Lord mentioned Milgrom moral name of Yahweh narrative Nazirite non-Priestly sources Numbers ordinances passage Passover Pentateuch pericope phrase popular present priesthood Priestly source Priestly Torah priests prohibition prophetic PT corpus PT laws PT's refers revelation ritual Sabbath sacred sacrifice sanctity sanctuary scholars scrolls stratum style Tabernacle Temple Tent of Meeting tion Torah tradition Unleavened Bread Urim and Thummim verse Weinfeld Wellhausen whole offering word worship Yahweh ישראל