Holiness Code Flashcards
What are the formulas used in introducing the various units of issues in Leviticus 17-26?
Law spoke to Moses saying…
What has a distinctive style and vocabulary?
Holiness Code
What does Leviticus 17-26 attempt to integrate?
- Ethical commandment of type found in Decalogue and emphasized in Deuteronomy
- Prophets with more specific cultic and ritual laws of the Priestly tradition
How would you describe the guilt of bloodshed?
Any Israelite’s slaughter an animal and does NOT bring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting as an offering to the Lord
Name one of the great turning points in the history of Israel.
Deuteronomic reform of King Josiah in 621 B.C.E.
How does Deuteronomy differ from Leviticus in sacrifice?
It permitted profane slaughter, which is slaughtering meat without sacrifice
What is the emphasis of the Holiness Code in relation to sacrifice?
Insistence on the centralization of sacrificial worshiping
What do “most” issues raised in the Holiness Code involve?
Improper sexual relations
Mainly men sleeping with men: Lev. 20:13
What biblical prohibition is unique in the ancient world?
Male homosexual intercourse
How would you describe improper relation in Leviticus?
You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt or as they do in Canaan (Lev. 18:3)
What are the ONLY passages in the Hebrew Bible where homosexual intercourse is explicitly prohibited?
Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13
All the issues in Leviticus 18 are sexual with the exception of what?
Child sacrifice
The male centered focus on the law cannot explain what?
Why there was no prohibition of sex between women
Why did the priestly legislatures not concerned with sex between women?
No semen was lost
What is the relevance of the sexual laws for the modern world?
The condemnation of homosexuality
