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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 Numbers and Exodus. It is so called due to its highly repeated use of the word holy (Hebrew: קדוש qəḏōš or kadash).
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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 Numbers and Exodus. It is so called due to its highly repeated use of the word holy (Hebrew: קדוש qəḏōš or kadash [1]). [2]
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The singularity of h is discernible also in its structure and style. Except for the fact that it does not have a special heading, its structure is parallel to that of the *Book of the Covenant (Ex. 20:21–23:33) and the collection of laws of *Deuteronomy (Deut. 12–28). Like these two codes, h opens with a discussion of the proper place for making sa...
Before turning to more recent views (see below) it is useful to outline what had been generally accepted. The character of the material embedded in h is composite in part, because in its present form it is found in a priestly garb. While scholars are divided in distinguishing the exact extent of the priestly element in these chapters, the great maj...
The Holiness Code is divided into sections, each of which is devoted to a specific subject, or to several subjects, and constitutes in itself a literary-rhetorical unit. Every section is divided into internal paragraphs and generally opens with an introductory formula and ends with a concluding formula. It appears that originally each of these sect...
There are a few indications that the writing of h was not original, and that several literary compilations of legal material preceded it and were incorporated into it. One indication of this is the two parallel chapters 18 and 20, which are related to each other in content, theme, and even in structure. If it is assumed that both of them were compo...
A. Klostermann, in: Zeitschrift für die gesamte Lutherische Theologie und Kirche, 38 (1877), 401–5 (= Der Pentateuch, 1 (1893), 368–418); L. Horst, Leviticus xvii–xxvi und Ezekiel (1881); P. Wurster, in: zaw, 4 (1884), 112–33; A. Kuenen, Historisch-kritische Einleitung in die Bücher des Alten Testaments, 1 (1887), 84–88, 254–6, 236–75; B. Baentsch,...
Aug 16, 2024 · Biblical literature - Holiness Code, Leviticus, Laws: Next (chapters 17–26) comes what has been designated the “Holiness Code,” or “Law of Holiness,” which scholars regard as a separate, distinctive unit within the P material (designated H).
"Leviticus 17-26 has been called the Holiness Code because of the frequency of the occurrence of the phrase, attributed to Yahweh: ’You shall be holy because I am holy,’ which corresponds to the theological theme of the other priestly laws but here receives a special emphasis.
leviticus 17-26 has long been considered a collection of legal materials of separate provenance from the Priestly School, attributed to the Holiness School, so-called because of their concern for the holiness of Yahweh and the whole land of Israel, its protection, and
The people are to be holy because the Lord their God is holy. Their holiness is to mirror God’s. The composition of the Holiness Code is attributed by many scholars to a circle within the larger priestly tradition, the so-called Holiness source or school (H).
She shows how Leviticus 17–26 use ritual legislation to make a new, and distinctive case as to why the Israelites must defer to a central sanctuary, standardized ritual processes, and a hegemonic priesthood.
