Redefining the Roles of the Rural Levites

by James Douglas Wilson

The Levites in the book of Deuteronomy are portrayed in the cultic and social spheres of Israel. According to the prevailing interpretation of Israel's cultic development, especially in the wake of cultic centralization, the Levites transitioned from their roles as local high place priests to that of the locally unemployed and impoverished. Utilizing ritual, sociological and anthropological criticism, and drawing from the portrayal of the Levites...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3447121688
• ISBN13: 9783447121682
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Harrassowitz
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.