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HOLINESS CODE

The corpus of laws in Lev. 17–26, specifically concentrating on religious and cultic matters. The civil and criminal types of laws, found in Exodus and Deuteronomy, are conspicuously absent here. Stressing the decree to be holy because Yahweh is holy (Lev. 19:2; 20:7, 26; 21:6, 8), these laws purposely oppose Canaanite cultic practices (18:3ff.). Documentary theorists argue that, even though this corpus is a later addition to the Priestly writings, it contains material which is premonarchical and could possibly include some of the earliest laws in Israel’s history. The independent nature of this corpus has been attacked on the grounds that no internal order can be found and the thematic admonishment “you shall be holy, for I am holy” appears only in Lev. 19–22 as well as outside of the corpus (11:44-45).

Bibliography. J. E. Hartley, Leviticus. WBC 4 (Waco, 1992); I. Knohl, The Sanctuary of Silence: The Priestly Torah and the Holiness School (Minneapolis, 1995); M. Noth, The Laws in the Pentateuch and Other Studies (1966, repr. London, 1984).

Tony S. L. Michael

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HOLINESS CODE

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)