When Synchrony Overtakes Diachrony: Perspectives on the Relationship between the Deuteronomic Code and the Holiness Code
The review article offers a critique on the recent book by Benjamin Kilchör. I approach his work from the perspective of Leviticus and recent debates on this biblical book. I start by examining Kilchör’s introduction and the methodology he selected, and then focus on Lev 19 and 25 and their diachron...
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Old Testament Society of South Africa
2017-12-01
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| description | The review article offers a critique on the recent book by Benjamin Kilchör. I approach his work from the perspective of Leviticus and recent debates on this biblical book. I start by examining Kilchör’s introduction and the methodology he selected, and then focus on Lev 19 and 25 and their diachronic relation to texts from Exodus and Deuteronomy. The article finds many of the arguments offered by Kilchör to be wanting. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-90dab7c10ffb4d008bb2b934876cd9b32022-12-21T18:36:35ZafrOld Testament Society of South AfricaOld Testament Essays1010-99192312-36212017-12-0130374776710.17159/2312-3621/2017/v30n3a12When Synchrony Overtakes Diachrony: Perspectives on the Relationship between the Deuteronomic Code and the Holiness CodeEsias E. Meyer0University of PretoriaThe review article offers a critique on the recent book by Benjamin Kilchör. I approach his work from the perspective of Leviticus and recent debates on this biblical book. I start by examining Kilchör’s introduction and the methodology he selected, and then focus on Lev 19 and 25 and their diachronic relation to texts from Exodus and Deuteronomy. The article finds many of the arguments offered by Kilchör to be wanting.DeuteronomyHoliness CodeJubileeLeviticus |
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| title | When Synchrony Overtakes Diachrony: Perspectives on the Relationship between the Deuteronomic Code and the Holiness Code |
| title_full | When Synchrony Overtakes Diachrony: Perspectives on the Relationship between the Deuteronomic Code and the Holiness Code |
| title_fullStr | When Synchrony Overtakes Diachrony: Perspectives on the Relationship between the Deuteronomic Code and the Holiness Code |
| title_full_unstemmed | When Synchrony Overtakes Diachrony: Perspectives on the Relationship between the Deuteronomic Code and the Holiness Code |
| title_short | When Synchrony Overtakes Diachrony: Perspectives on the Relationship between the Deuteronomic Code and the Holiness Code |
| title_sort | when synchrony overtakes diachrony perspectives on the relationship between the deuteronomic code and the holiness code |
| topic | Deuteronomy Holiness Code Jubilee Leviticus |
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