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Table 4.1 Holiness Continuum
|
Very Holy |
Holy |
Clean |
Unclean |
Very Unclean |
| Places
|
holy
of holies
|
holy
place
|
court
|
camp
|
outside
the camp
|
| People
|
high
priest
|
priest
|
Levites,
clean Israelites
|
minor
impurities
|
major
impurities, the dead
|
| Rituals
|
sacrifice (not eaten)
|
sacrifice (priests eat)
|
sacrifice (non-priests eat) |
purification (1 day) |
purification (7 days) |
| Times |
Day of Atonement |
festivals, Sabbath |
common days |
|
|
This table derives from Jenson (1992). Jenson develops a notion called the "holiness spectrum" and has a separate chapter on each dimension: spatial, personal, ritual, and temporal.
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