Ritual and metaphor : sacrifice in the Bible / edited by Christian A. Eberhart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eberhart, Christian.

Society of Biblical Literature.

Series:

Resources for biblical study ; no. 68.

Society of Biblical Literature. Resources for biblical study ; no. 68

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament.

Sacrifice in the Bible--Congresses.

Sacrifice in the Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.

Bible.

Christian literature, Early--History and criticism--Congresses.

Christian literature, Early.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xv, 175 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, [2011]

Summary:

Every year the "Sacrifice, Cult, and Atonement" section convenes at the Society's annual meeting, and the nine studies here are selections from papers presented in 2007, 2008, and 2009. Among the topics are the rhetoric of sacrifice, the place of human sacrifice in the Israelite cult, recombinant sacrifice in early Christianity, assessing the early Christian reticence to transfer the idea of the priesthood to the community, and spreading the sweet scent of the gospel as the cult of the wise. The Society of Biblical Literature publishes the paperbound edition; Brill publishes the hardbound. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. The rhetoric of sacrifice / James W. Watts. Sacrifice? Holy smokes! : reflections on cult terminology for understanding sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible / Christian A. Eberhart. The place of human sacrifice in the Israelite cult / Jason Tatlock. The role of sacrifical language in prophetic rhetoric / Göran Eidevall

Sacrifice in early Christian literature. Yom Kippuring Passover : recombinant sacrifice in early Christianity / Jeffrey S. Siker. Spiritualization of sacrifice in Paul and Hebrews / Stephen Finlan. Who is sacrificing? : assessing the early Christian reticence to transfer the idea of the priesthood to the community / Timothy Wardle. Spreading the sweet scent of the gospel as the cult of the wise : on the backdrop of the olfactory metaphor in 2 Corinthians 2:14-16 / Dominika A. Kurek-Chomycz. Sacrifice, social discourse, and power / George Heyman.

Notes:

"This volume features a selection of presentations delivered at the 2007, 2008, and 2009 Annual Meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature for the 'Sacrifice, Cult, and Atonement' program unit"--P. xiii.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781589836013

1589836014

9781589836020

1589836022

OCLC:

755213426