The ceremony of the red heifer : its purpose and function in narrative context
The present thesis is a synchronic investigation of the ceremony of the Red Heifer of Num 19, which describes a purificatory ritual that cleanses persons who have become defiled through contact with the dead. In seeking the authorial intent and meaning behind the elusive symbolism of the rite, two a...
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Durham University
2011
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.528184 |