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Contemporary scholars generally translate the Hebrew stem znh as “prostitute” or “cultic prostitute” and understand it as a metaphor for Israel's alleged apostasy. However prostitution in the Biblical texts is neither punished nor censured making this a weak metaphor for prophet…

There are different views concerning the relationship between holiness and ethics. Some views deny the ethical implications of holiness and relegate holiness to strictly a theological term without any ethical connotations. However, this research supports the view that holiness h…

In this study I argue that many of the numerous locutions common to Ezekiel and Lev 17-26 are due to Ezekiel's purposeful and creative use of an earlier text. After establishing the direction of dependence, I demonstrate that the frequency and distribution of these locutions, Ez…