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    The Holiness code is used in biblical criticism to refer to Leviticus chapters 17–26, and sometimes passages in other books of the Pentateuch, especially...
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  • uncleanliness and sin (chapter 16) Prescriptions for practical holiness (the Holiness Code, chapters 17–26) Sacrifice and food (chapter 17) Sexual behaviour...
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  • do not form part of the Holiness Code, the Covenant Code, the Ritual Decalogue, or the Ethical Decalogue. The Priestly Code constitutes the majority...
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  • pre-nominal honorific used for the leaders of several religious groups Holiness code, found in the Bible at Leviticus 17–26 Holý, a Czech surname Mirela...
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    bestiality. The chapter also condemns Moloch worship. It is part of the Holiness Code (Leviticus 17–26), and its sexual prohibitions are largely paralleled...
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    revision in Deuteronomy and the holiness code. Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 9783161492983. Tucker, Paavo N. (2017). The Holiness Composition in the Book of Exodus...
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    regard as pre-dating the Holiness code; the Book of Ezekiel, which some textual scholars also regard as earlier than the Holiness Code, refers to a year of...
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  • recent interpretations focus on the passage's context as part of the Holiness code, a code of purity meant to distinguish the behavior of the Israelites from...
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    mourning the death of their parents, and the general prohibition in the Holiness code is immediately followed by a rule against people cutting their bodies...
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  • 20:13, Abraham, talking to Abimelech, alludes to Leviticus laws or the Holiness code, by using the phrase "loving kindness". The same word is found referring...
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    modern western world), and a pierced earlobe signified servitude. The Holiness code of Leviticus explicitly allows participation in the slave trade, where...
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  • Code is assigned. Unlike the Priestly Code, with the laws contained in the Holiness Code, the Deuteronomic Code has some parallels, chiefly moral injunctions...
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    regular P. Israel Knohl (1995) argued Numbers 31 was in fact part of the Holiness code (H), which was later added to the Priestly source. He pointed to similarities...
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  • the Torah, the showbread is mentioned exclusively by the Priestly Code and Holiness Code, but certain sections of the Bible, including the Books of Chronicles...
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  • Furthermore, there is a specific commandment to love the stranger. Holiness code Gerhard von Rad See, e.g., Knoppers, Gary N.; Greer, Jonathan S. (2010)...
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    a Bible and encouraged him to study it, teaching him to follow the holiness code of the Nazarene Church. As Jones grew older, he attended services at...
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  • blames for the destruction and exile. He is clearly connected with the Holiness Code and its vision of a future dependent on keeping the Laws of God and...
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    Jeffrey, "Rewriting the Torah: literary revision in Deuteronomy and the holiness code" (Mohr Siebeck, 2007) Vanderkam, James, "An introduction to early Judaism...
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    critics, he traced a direct line of development from the Priestly Code (P), to the Holiness Code (H), to the cultic innovations of Ezekiel, to the cultic writings...
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    Ibycus and Anacreon to flee Samos. c. 486 BCE – King Darius I adopts the Holiness Code of Leviticus for Persian Jews of the Achaemenid Empire, enacting the...
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  • ultimately depend, due to a mistake by the scribe. The second list in the Holiness code noticeably differs from the first by not including the closer relatives...
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    (Leviticus 16), and various moral and ritual laws sometimes called the Holiness Code (Leviticus 17–26). Leviticus 26 provides a detailed list of rewards...
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    ritual laws of Leviticus 1–6 and Numbers 1–10; The Holiness Code, Leviticus 17–26; Deuteronomic Code, Deuteronomy 12–26. There are two main positions on...
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    laws for priests and sets out detailed rules for animal sacrifice. The Holiness code, Leviticus 17–26, sets out a list of prohibitions, and the punishments...
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    holy, for God is holy. God then explained (in what scholars call "the Holiness Code") how people can be holy. God instructed the Israelites: To revere their...
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    Israel Israel Jewish holidays Jubilee Orlah Shmita Tabernacle Analysis Holiness code Leviticus Rabbah Sifra Textual variants Manuscripts Paleo-Hebrew Leviticus...
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    Israelites once a year. The fourth reading begins what scholars call the Holiness Code. God prohibited Israelites from slaughtering oxen, sheep, or goats meant...
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  • ritual for doing so; this regulation is very similar to the one in the Holiness Code later elaborations of the ceremony, which include the sprinkling of...
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    Book of Acts makes clear, Christians are not obligated to follow this holiness code. This is made clear in Peter's vision in Acts 10:15. Peter is told,...
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    general aversion to the mixing of categories found in the Leviticus holiness code, as suggested by anthropologists such as Mary Douglas.[citation needed]...
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