Writing on Leviticus for the HThKAT Series

Hieke, Thomas

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“…In this case it probably wants to preclude the mixture of the seed of the father and the son if they had sexual intercourse with the same female. 62 A similar prohibition is found in Amos 2:7 where the divine Name will be dishonoured when both father and son are intimate with the same woman. As in the preceding prohibitions, both participants in this sexual transgression, male-male intercourse, will be punished and put to death.…”

Section: Brief Comments On Lev 20mentioning

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“…The qualification of this sexual transgression as an "abomination" ‫ֶ֥ה(‬ ‫ֵב‬ ‫)תֹּוע‬ suggests divine displeasure and wrath, which forms part of priestly parenetical rhetoric, expressing strong displeasure and abhorrence. 64 This prohibition should not be understood as part of ancient Israelite criminal law but as strongly worded priestly parenesis. Different reasons for rejecting male-male sexual intercourse have been suggested: within the family context offspring is of crucial importance for the inheritance of property; seed or semen is precious and holy and should not be mixed with other bodily fluids; 65 this type of sexual intimacy should not be evaluated as moral deviance or illness nor should it be understood that this prohibition incorporates all sexual transgressions (pars pro toto argumentation.)…”

Section: Brief Comments On Lev 20mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Exploring Retributive Justice in Job 9:1-24 in the Context of Christianity in Enugu State, Nigeria

Bosman

2023

Old. testam. essays.

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Abomination does not appear in the earliest legal collection (Covenant Code) but in Deuteronomy and Deuteronomistic literature, it refers to what is incompatible with YHWH both cultically and ethically in order to maintain the uniqueness of the holy YHWH in the cult and of Israel amongst its neighbours. Abomination is also not used in priestly literature but only in the youngest of the legal collections (Holiness Code). The prohibition of male-male sexual intercourse in Lev 18:22 and 20:13 should be read contextually by relating it to its specific literary and theological-ethical context and not just accepting it as an unconditional legal instruction in general. It is rather a parenetic call to guard against incest as a shaming act that damages the honour of a family. It also entails the rhetorical appeal to the holiness and honour of YHWH as motivation for regulating sexual relations in the family in terms of procreation- procreation not as a timeless creational order but a contextually informed concept that strikes a balance between holiness and honour as well as defilement and shame, informed by the introductory focus on atonement in Lev 16, the reading of Lev 18 during Yom Kippur and the centrality of love for the neighbour and stranger in Lev 19.

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Section: Brief Comments On Lev 20mentioning

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Section: Brief Comments On Lev 20mentioning

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Exploring Retributive Justice in Job 9:1-24 in the Context of Christianity in Enugu State, Nigeria

Bosman

2023

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“…Priesterkollegen ohne körperlichen Schaden'. 23 In this perspective, it is possible to speak of a minority state in which these priests were within their tribe. 24 A similar idea is found in the text of Deut 23.2, albeit with considerable differences.…”

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Making Oneself Last in the Community: Mark 9.43–7 in its Context and Co-Text

Filannino

2023

New Testam. Stud.

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After reviewing and offering a critical evaluation of the main interpretations of the sayings in Mark 9.43–7, the paper proposes a new reading that considers them in the Jewish context and in their co-text (Mark 9.33–50). The context is the marginal condition in which physically impaired people lived in Jewish society and communities. In view of this context, it is possible to point out the consistency of Jesus’ logia on self-maiming in order to enter the kingdom of God (Mark 9.43–7) with their co-text. The disciples are urged not only not to scandalise the little ones of the community (Mark 9.42), but also to share their minority state, thus avoiding stumbling in their own discipleship because of claims of greatness and superiority.

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Writing on Leviticus for the HThKAT Series

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Exploring Retributive Justice in Job 9:1-24 in the Context of Christianity in Enugu State, Nigeria

Exploring Retributive Justice in Job 9:1-24 in the Context of Christianity in Enugu State, Nigeria

Making Oneself Last in the Community: Mark 9.43–7 in its Context and Co-Text

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