Jacob’s tears : the priestly work of reconciliation

Mary Douglas
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004
211 p. ; 23 cm
Book
LocationCall NumberStatus
G/F CollectionBS 1171 .3 .D68Available

  • Counting Jacob's twelve sons
  • Jacob weeping for Joseph - - Ezra reduces all Israel to Judah
  • Balaam delivers God's blessings on all Israel
  • Problems in reading the priestly books
  • The body/house cosmogram
  • Uncleanness and taboo draw the lines of the world
  • One god, no ancestors, in a world renewed
  • ill.
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes
  • Oxford University Press
  • 0199210640 (pbk)
  • 9780199210640 (pbk)
  • text
  • volume
  • unmediated
  • https://cms.trccloud.hk/opac/bib/ALHF