Originally published: 2004.
Counting and recounting Jacob's twelve sons
Jacob weeping for Joseph
Ezra reduces all Israel to Judah
Balaam delivers God's blessings on all Israel
Problems in reading the priestly books
The bodyhouse cosmogram
Uncleanness and taboo draw the lines of the world
One god, no ancestors, in a world renewed
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Jacob's tears : the priestly work of reconciliation by Mary Douglas. ISBN 9780199210640. Published by Oxford University Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
