The social meanings of sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible : a study of four writings / David Janzen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Janzen, David, 1968-

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 344.

Beihefte zur zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche wissenschaft ; Bd. 344

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sacrifice--Biblical teaching.

Sacrifice.

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

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages)

Edition:

Reprint 2012

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, [2004]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ritualopfer in der Hebräischen Bibel aus der Sicht der anthropologischen Theorie, mit der Schlussfolgerung, dass Opfern unterschiedliche soziale Güter in unterschiedlichen biblischen Schriften kommuniziert.

Sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible - a cultural anthropological approach Ritual sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible studied through the lens of anthropological theory; concluding that sacrifice communicates different social goods in different biblical writings.

Contents:

Introduction

The rhetorics of ritual

Ritual and ritualized morality

Theology, worldview, and ideology

The study of sacrifice in biblical studies

Sacrifice in the priestly writing

Sacrifice and the king in the Deuteronomistic history

Perfect slaughter : sacrifice as warning and promise in the Deuteronomistic history

Sacrifice as cultic expression of the law : social and geographic separation in Ezra-Nehemiah

Rest, peace, and quiet : sacrifice in Chronicles

Conclusion: Sacrifice, God, and the people.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110904819

3110904810

OCLC:

979693663