This first full-scale account of Leviticus by a world renowned
anthropologist presents the biblical work as a literary
masterpiece. Seen in an anthropological perspective Leviticus has a
mystical structure which plots the book into three parts
corresponding to the three parts of the desert tabernacle, both
corresponding to the parts of Mount Sinai. This completely new
reading transforms the interpretation of the purity laws. The pig
and other forbidden animals are not abhorrent, they command the
same respect due to all God's creatures. Boldly challenging several
traditions of Bible criticism, Mary Douglas claims that Leviticus
is not the narrow doctrine of a crabbed professional priesthood but
a powerful intellectual statement about a modern religion which
emphasizes God's justice and compassion.
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