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Since Julius Wellhausen's synthesis of the Documentary Hypothesis—and no doubt owing in part to the Protestant Reformation—dominant portrayals of the Priestly material have described a self-interested legist with little or no concern for those outside the Levitical ranks. Though…

This thesis examines the origins, aftermath and legacy of the Birmingham Priestley Riots of 1791. Since the 1950s, the historiographical elevation of the crowd has generated a renewed interest in popular protest. The Priestley Riots have proved to be a prominent focal point, wit…

The book of Ezekiel assumes that God has a body, and that it is perceptible to human beings as the kebôd YHWH, the "glory of the LORD." Although Ezekiel's conception of the divine form is influenced by several pre-existing Israelite theological traditions, including (but not lim…

This study aims to further scholars’ understanding of the complex relationship between Priestly and non-Priestly narrative texts of the Pentateuch. It supports the Documentary Hypothesis’ view that the Priestly and non-Priestly corpora originally enjoyed a compositional independ…