Priests, Pollution and the Demonic: Evaluating Impurity in the Hebrew Bible in Light of Assyro-Babylonian Texts
The Priestly Source makes no explicit reference to the demonic when describing pollution which supposedly sets it apart from non-biblical conceptualizations of impurity. Most scholars explain the Priestly disregard for demons by referring to the advance of monotheism and the subsequent eradication o...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2014
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Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
Year: 2014, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 68-86 |
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Priestly Source
Assyro-Babylonian incantations
demonology
history of religion
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