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A royal priesthood : literary and intertextual perspectives on an image of Israel in Exodus 19.6 /

This book examines the portrayal of Israel as a royal-priestly nation within Exodus and against the background of biblical and ancient Near Eastern thought. Central to the work is a literary study of Exodus 19:4-6 and a demonstration of the pivotal role these verses and their main image have within...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davies, John A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : T & T Clark International, ©2004.
Colección:Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 395.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Old and new in literary criticism: methodologies in the interpretation of Exodus 19.6
  • Royal priesthood in its immediate cotext: Exodus 19.1-8
  • Grant of royal priesthood to Israel: Exodus 19.6
  • Royal priesthood in the Exodus narrative framework: Exodus 1.1 to 24.11
  • Modelling the royal priesthood: cultic model of Exodus 24.12 to 40.38
  • Sinai covenant as grant of royal priesthood
  • Testing of the royal priesthood: Numbers 16
  • Royal priesthood in jeopardy: Hosea 4.4-9
  • Reassurance of royal priesthood: two intertextual studies
  • Prospect of the royal priesthood: Isaiah 61.6
  • Pinnacle of royal priesthood-access to the heavenly court: Zechariah 3.