Mary Douglas is also the author of In the Wilderness, the Doctrine of Defilement in the Book of Numbers (1993).
`A rich and stimulating work'
International Review of Biblical Studies, vol.46 1999/2000
`well-produced ... stylishly constructed ... Leviticus as
Literature presents a particularly explicit theoretical engagement
with ethnographic materials that remain part of the religious
and/or educational background of many teachers and students of
anthropology.'
Richard Fardon, School of African and Oriental Studies
`fascinating study ... Dr Douglas is able to shed light on a number
of puzzling points.'
Bernard Robinson, Priests and People, Vol.15, No.2, Feb 01.
`Douglas offers an effective introduction for both novice and
scholar to a book too often slighted or misread.'
W. Lee Humpreys, Religious Studies Review, Vol.26, No.4,
Oct.2000.
`the most breathtaking book of 2000 was Mary Douglas' Leviticus as
Literature.'
Christopher Howse, The Tablet 23/12/00.
`the great anthropologist Mary Douglas's surprising rereading of a
very old text,Leviticus as Literature makes a discarded classic
zing with new life.'
Valentine Cunningham, The Independent, 2000
`intellectual excitement ... Mary Douglas has given students of
Leviticus much to ponder, and we remain as ever in her debt.'
Walter J.Houston, Journal of Jewish Studies, 2000.
`Like everything that Mary Douglas writes it is easy to read and
fertile in ideas.'
Walter J Houston, Journal of Jewish Studies, 2000.
`Leviticus has fascinated Mary Douglas for many years. And Mary
Douglas has fascinated biblical scholars... One of the chief
reasons for Mary Douglas's importance within biblical studies is
that she is a distinguished social anthropologist... richly
suggestive argument...'
The Expository Times. April 2000.
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