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    Bible - OT - Ezra-Nehemiah: Purity and holiness

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    Hannah Harrington gave a very fine presentation on the holiness and purity terminology in Ezra and Nehemiah. She showed that these post-exilic texts display an expansion of holy space to encompass the whole city as well as an expansion of the duties of Levites, a closing of the gap between Levites and priests. These two changes are perfectly consistent, displaying a general trend of “up-grading” the holiness of Israel after the exile. The people of Israel become the new sanctum, which can be contaminated and against which sacrilege might be committed.

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    posted by Peter J. Leithart on Saturday, November 18, 2006 at 4:10 pm

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