Creative waters: Semantic and ritual innovation in the Book of Numbers
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Creative waters: Semantic and ritual innovation in the Book of Numbers | |
| Creator | Meyer, Esias E. | |
| Description | The article examines how water features in different rituals in Leviticus and Numbers. It starts by providing an overview of how water is used in Leviticus and Numbers for cleansing and other rituals, focusing on cases where water is mixed with something else. Then, the article focuses on three pericopes from the Book of Numbers that describe concoctions of water mixed with other substances. These concoctions are given specific names in Numbers. Lastly, the article discusses diachronic arguments about these ritual texts.Contribution: The article shows the creativity that the authors of Numbers employed in reworking and innovating ritual texts from Leviticus. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2024-09-12 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hts.v80i2.9929 | |
| Source | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 80, No 2 (2024); 6 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422 | |
| Language | eng | |
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