The Inclusive Force of the Sacrificial Legislation of Leviticus
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https://doi.org/10.14422/ee.v98.i385.y2023.001Keywords:
Leviticus, Vayikrá, offerings, sacrifice, inclusion, Pope FrancisAbstract
The concept of inclusion since the beginning of the 21st century is part of a shared vision worldwide. Also, in the Church of Pope Francis, the theology of inclusion constitutes a fundamental piece of his Magisterium and inspires many of his government decisions. Inclusion dynamizes processes by which societies effectively and substantively incorporate the different people and groups in their progress, trying to neutralize the inherent disadvantages of the functioning of the political, social and economic spheres. The study of the legislation of chapters 1 to 7 of Leviticus that is presented in this article, beyond the criticism that it deserves from our religious or ecological sensibility, reveals an inclusive dynamism that allows us to speak of the Israelite sacrificial cult as a privileged space of integration of the members of the Israeli society as a whole.
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