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The term Holiness Code was first coined as the Heiligkeitsgesetz (literally "Holiness Law"; the word 'code' therefore means criminal code) by German theologian August Klostermann in 1877. [3] Critical biblical scholars have regarded it as a distinct unit and have noted that the style is noticeably different from the main body of Leviticus. [4]
The Book of Leviticus (/ l ɪ ˈ v ɪ t ɪ k ə s /, from Ancient Greek: Λευιτικόν, Leuïtikón; Biblical Hebrew: וַיִּקְרָא , Wayyīqrāʾ, 'And He called'; Latin: Liber Leviticus) is the third book of the Torah (the Pentateuch) and of the Old Testament, also known as the Third Book of Moses. [1]
Laws prohibiting various forms of witchcraft and divination can be found in the books of Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy. These include the following (as translated in the Revised JPS, 2023 : Exodus 22:18 – "You shall not tolerate a sorceress [Biblical Hebrew: מְכַשֵּׁפָ֖ה, romanized: mək̲aššēp̄ā]." [1]
Certain forms of incest, namely if it involves the father's wife or a daughter-in-law. [21] Other forms of incest receive lesser punishment; sexual activity with a sister/stepsister is given excommunication for a punishment; [ 22 ] if it involves a brother's wife or an uncle's wife it is just cursed [ 23 ] and sexual activity with an aunt that ...
Laws concerning the keeping of the Sabbath (Exodus 31:14b-17 and 35:1-3) Law concerning the consumption of dead animals, fat, blood, and the portion due to the priest (Leviticus 7:22-38) Law concerning inappropriate behaviour for priests (Leviticus 10:6-15) List of clean and unclean animals (Leviticus 11)
According to Joel Baden, "The Covenant Code is a part of E; the priestly laws [of Leviticus and Numbers] are part of P; and the deuteronomic laws [of Deuteronomy 12–26] stand at the center of D." [3] Regardless of precise positions on the process, scholars agree that the Covenant Code was produced by a long process in which it changed over ...
In Exodus 21, as in the Code of Hammurabi, the concept of reciprocal justice seemingly applies to social equals; the statement of reciprocal justice "life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe" [29] is followed by an example of a different law: if a slave-owner ...
Laws concerning impurity from the dead (Mitzva: 443 ) Laws concerning the Red Heifer (Mitzvot: 444 - 445 ) Laws concerning impurity from the plague [3] (Mitzvot: 446 - 453 ) Laws concerning impurity from lying or sitting (Mitzvot: 454 - 457 ) Laws concerning impurity from other categories (Mitzvot: 458 - 460 )