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Book: The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes

Chapter: 40. Does the Hebrew Bible Apply Holiness to Space or to Time?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.44891

Blurb:

Despite the amount of space granted to Jerusalem in the Hebrew Bible—though not in the Torah—we never find that God that sanctifies space. Instead, the Bible sanctifies time.

Chapter Contributors

  • Philippe Guillaume (philippe.guillaume@gmail.com - pguillaume) 'University of Berne'