Reprint: Consecration and Sacrilege in Early Rabbinic Judaism

Avram Shannon

Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in The Temple: Symbols, Sermons, and Settings, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw. For more information, go to https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/the-temple-symbols-sermons-and-settings/.

“One of the distinctive elements of the Restoration is the law of consecration. We often identify this law as one of the highest given as part of the Restoration. We find, however, that consecration is not just a modern concept but has its roots in the Lord’s covenant path in every dispensation, including the Sinai covenant and the law of Moses.”

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