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Re: "Love" in the DSS
Jim,
Hmm. I think we are on a different wavelength. "sacrifice" is
not theology. "Sacrifical practice" is not theology. By definition
"theo-logy" has something to do with God. I believe Leviticus is the
foundational theological book in the Bible, but it uses "sacrifice" to
communicate a theological truth. In the same way in investigation of the
DSS must look beyond the *subject* matter and ask the question *why* is
this subject discussed? *This* will lead to an ideology, at least, if
not a theology. Milgrom has done us all a service by asking these
questions of Leviticus. I especially appreciate his work on the purity
rules of Leviticus. Now I know we have wandered in subject matter!
Under His Mercy,
Michael
On Mon, 8 Apr 1996 HuldrychZ@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 96-04-08 19:05:12 EDT, you write:
>
> >I know we are departing a bit from the focus of the list, but I would be
> >interested in what you think the "theology of Leviticus" and Jeremiah
> >might be, and what the differences might be.
>
> There can be no doubt that the author of Leviticus is concerned with
> sacrificial practice (primarily) while Jeremiah can be fairly said to be
> opposed to priestly religion. These are necessarily broad statements- as
> they are out of context here, but nevertheless they point to the fact that
> even within the Bible there are conflicting theologies; which is why each
> dead sea scroll must be evaluated for its own theological message instead of
> having other theologies superimposed on them. This is all I intended to say,
> really.
>
> Jim West
>