Creative waters : semantic and ritual innovation in the book of Numbers

dc.contributor.authorMeyer, Esias E.
dc.contributor.emailsias.meyer@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-24T12:44:45Z
dc.date.available2024-10-24T12:44:45Z
dc.date.issued2024-09
dc.descriptionDATA AVAILABITY STATEMENT: Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analysed in this study.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe article examines how water features in different rituals in Leviticus and Numbers. It starts by providing an overview of how water is used in Leviticus and Numbers for cleansing and other rituals, focusing on cases where water is mixed with something else. Then, the article focuses on three pericopes from the Book of Numbers that describe concoctions of water mixed with other substances. These concoctions are given specific names in Numbers. Lastly, the article discusses diachronic arguments about these ritual texts. CONTRIBUTION: The article shows the creativity that the authors of Numbers employed in reworking and innovating ritual texts from Leviticus.en_US
dc.description.departmentOld Testament Studiesen_US
dc.description.sdgNoneen_US
dc.description.urihttps://hts.org.za/index.php/htsen_US
dc.identifier.citationMeyer, E.E., 2024, ‘Creative waters: Semantic and ritual innovation in the Book of Numbers’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 80(2), a9929. https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v80i2.9929.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v80i2.9929
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/98755
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAOSISen_US
dc.rights© 2024. The Author. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_US
dc.subjectCleansing ritualsen_US
dc.subjectRitual textsen_US
dc.subjectWater concoctionsen_US
dc.subjectRitual innovationen_US
dc.subjectLeviticusen_US
dc.subjectNumbers 5en_US
dc.subjectNumbers 8en_US
dc.subjectNumbers 19en_US
dc.titleCreative waters : semantic and ritual innovation in the book of Numbersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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