Résumé
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After 'Le Partage de minuit', which commented the narratives in the Book of Genesis step by step, follows a commentary of Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers. Genesis told the saga of the Patriarchs, exemplary and peace-loving. But now come those terrible, turbulent texts that see Israel born of Egypt, while stubbornly refusing its true nativity to the Law of Yahweh. The ensemble formed by Exodus and Numbers might be entitled 'the misunderstanding'. It tells of the disloyalty, even the apostasy, of the Hebrews, whom Yahweh led out of Egypt and to whom he gave his Law through Moses. But they deny Moses, threaten him, envy him they ask him for food and drink and urge him to take them back to Egypt. They all-too-readily adopt the idolatry of the Canaanites. Suicidal, they wander for forty years in the desert - where they all perish except two (Joshua and Caleb). We cannot believe that these books constitute an epic intended to give Judeans pride in their identity! But what remains admirable is that amidst all this unhappiness, the Law continues to shine, a charter for humanity. For if the people still exists, it is because their existence depends on God alone. The Book of Leviticus (written for the Hebrews who were then settled) gave Israel the rules that modelled its existence, transfigured it and brought it into harmony with the presence of Yahweh. This book is easy to dip into while reading the Bible it provides a mystical glow from above.
L'auteur - Jacques Cazeaux
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Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf |
Auteur(s) | Jacques Cazeaux |
Collection | Lectio divina |
Parution | 22/11/2007 |
Format | 13.6 x 21.5 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 730g |
EAN13 | 9782204084581 |
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