What is it about?
With the exile, the Sabbath plays an important part in the religión of Israel, they have no more the Temple. With the return of the Exile, the Sabbath permits the integration of the strangers that respect the Sabbath.
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Why is it important?
With the Sabbath, the importance of the sanctuary in the time appears like a substitute of the Temple.
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This page is a summary of: Sabbath, Identity and Universalism Go Together after the Return from Exile, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, March 2005, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0309089205052680.
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