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5 - Diagnosing Sin

from Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2021

Yitzhaq Feder
Affiliation:
University of Haifa, Israel
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As seen in the previous chapter, there are numerous reasons to view the treatment of disease in P as reflecting an implicit polemic against accepted ritual practices. The present chapter will expand this argument to address the role of sin as a cause of disease. Though its point of departure is the rules of ṣara‘at in Leviticus 13–14, it will reveal a consistent tension that pervades P.

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Purity and Pollution in the Hebrew Bible
From Embodied Experience to Moral Metaphor
, pp. 91 - 106
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Diagnosing Sin
  • Yitzhaq Feder, University of Haifa, Israel
  • Book: Purity and Pollution in the Hebrew Bible
  • Online publication: 24 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009042642.006
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  • Diagnosing Sin
  • Yitzhaq Feder, University of Haifa, Israel
  • Book: Purity and Pollution in the Hebrew Bible
  • Online publication: 24 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009042642.006
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  • Diagnosing Sin
  • Yitzhaq Feder, University of Haifa, Israel
  • Book: Purity and Pollution in the Hebrew Bible
  • Online publication: 24 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009042642.006
Available formats
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