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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Janzen, David, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, [2004]
Series:Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 344.
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Table of 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.