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The Levites and the Boundaries of Israelite Identity (Hardcover)
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The Levites and the Boundaries of Israelite Identity (Hardcover)
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At a glance, the Hebrew Bible presents the Levites as a group of
ritual assistants and subordinates in Israel's cult. A closer look,
however, reveals a far more complicated history behind the
emergence of this group in Ancient Israel. A careful
reconsideration of the sources provides new insights into the
origins of the Levites, their social function and location, and the
development of traditions that grew around them. The social
location and self-perception of the Levites evolved alongside the
network of clans and tribes that grew into a monarchic society, and
alongside the struggle to define religious and social identity in
the face of foreign cultures. This book proposes new ways to see
not only how these changes affected Levite self-perception but also
the manner in which this perception affected larger trends as
Israelite religion evolved into nascent Judaism. By consulting the
textual record, archaeological evidence, the study of cultural
memory and social-scientific models, Mark Leuchter demonstrates
that the Levites emerge as boundary markers and boundary makers in
the definition of what it meant to be part of "Israel."
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