In the Wilderness: The Doctrine of Defilement in the Book of Numbers

ISBN-13: 9780199245413 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 288 str.

Douglas

Opis

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.

Recenzje

Review from previous edition There are many illuminating remarks and informative discussions scattered through its pages.

O autorze

Mary Douglas is also the author of Leviticus as Literature (1999), to be revissued in paperback in January 2001.