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Jacob's tears : the priestly work of reconciliation
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Jacob's tears : the priestly work of reconciliation / Mary Douglas.
ISBN
0199265232 (alk. paper)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Physical Description
211 pages ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 15, 2005
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
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