nathanmacdonald.bsky.social
Professor of the Interpretation of the OT, University of Cambridge. Fellow, St John’s. Pentateuch, ritual, cult, priesthood, temple. Views my own.
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yes! thank you, I see the point you were making
Show PostThe Feminist Theology Network Advent Calendar goes live tomorrow morning so if you’re not signed up to the mailing list you can do so now and have a very feminist Advent! #feminist #womanist #advent #theology mailchi.mp/a5e743737064...
Show PostI think when it comes to P’s idea of sacrifice, it doesn’t work. The Girardian focus on killing/violence as the operative act is fundamentally at odds with how P presents its own theory of sacrifice. Not that there isn’t a literal scapegoat in P, but it’s the one sacrifice that isn’t killed.
Show PostI'm proud to be giving the keynote talk at the launch for Christine Neal Thomas' brilliant new book at the Society of Biblical Literature meeting--her research forces us to rethink our assumptions about how the ancient Near East's social was built on a 'house of the father'
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