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Leviticus 17:11 And The Theology Of Sacrifice, Robert Clancy
Leviticus 17:11 And The Theology Of Sacrifice, Robert Clancy
Master of Sacred Theology Thesis
It should be noted from the start that "objectivity” as it is commonly understood is not a goal of this thesis. The primary reason is that such objectivity is considered Tobe impossible. That is, if by "objectivity" one means that one reads and studies a text without presuppositions and without a hermeneutic, then one is striving after wind. No reader is a tabula rasa. All scholars read texts from within a given school of thought. Historical critics have certain presuppositions regarding texts, for instance, starting with the assumption that cultic material is late (post-exilic). Redaction critics assume the existence of …