In the Wilderness: The Doctrine of Defilement in the Book of Numbers (Journal for the...
by Mary Douglas
Sales Rank: 822352
List Price: $45.00 $45.00At Amazon on 12-27-2008
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Rev Sub edition July 19, 2001
Language: English
ISBN-10: 019924541X
ISBN-13: 978-0199245413
Product Dimensions:
8.4 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
Product Review
`Review from previous edition There are many illuminating remarks and informative discussions scattered through its pages.' J. W. Rogerson, Times Literary Supplement, 1994
Product Description
Following on from the paperback edition of Leviticus as Literature, this is the revised paperback edition of Mary Douglas's classical account of the Book of Numbers. Up to now Bible scholars have tended to dismiss Numbers as a chaotic mix of narrative and laws. Mary Douglas argues that, like Leviticus, Numbers is actually a highly complex book arranged in a regular ring structure which plots the narratives and laws into 12 parts. She argues that it is only through an understanding of the ring formation of these parts that one can fully appreciate the meanings behind this complex work.
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