Ritual dynamic structure / Roy E. Gane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gane, Roy, 1955-

Series:

Gorgias dissertations ; 14.

Gorgias dissertations. Religion ; v. 2.

Gorgias dissertations ; 14. Religion ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ritual.

Judaism--Liturgy.

Judaism.

Yom Kippur--Liturgy.

Yom Kippur.

New Year--Iraq--Babylonia.

New Year.

Rites and ceremonies--Iraq--Babylonia.

Rites and ceremonies.

Hittites--Rites and ceremonies.

Hittites.

Telipinu (Hittite deity).

Iraq.

Physical Description:

xx, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First Gorgias Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2004.

Summary:

The present work takes up the neglected quest for a theory of ritual and methodology of analysis that recognizes and traces the contours of ritual dynamic structure. The resulting fresh approach provides a controlled framework for interpreting rituals belonging to various cultures and for identifying bases of comparison between them. The first part of ritual dynamic structure builds a theory and definition of ritual and a corresponding methodology for analyzing specific rituals in terms of their activities and the meanings attached to those activities. The second part illustrates this methodology and its usefulness for comparative studies by applying it to ceremonies of cult purification in the ancient Near East.

Contents:

"Intrinsic activity" perspective

"Cognitive task" perspective

"Ritual syntax" perspective

Israelite "Day of Atonement"

Babylonian New Year festival, fifth day

Hittite Telipinu festival, fourth day

Ritual complexes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-374) and indexes.

ISBN:

1593332297

OCLC:

56880168