The social meanings of sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible :

Janzen, David, 1968-

The social meanings of sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible : a study of four writings / David Janzen. - 1 online resource (312 pages). - Beihefte zur zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche wissenschaft ; Bd. 344 . - Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 344. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--A.T.--Critique, interprétation, etc.
Bible.--Old Testament.
Altes Testament / Geschichtsbücher.


Sacrifice--Biblical teaching.
Sacrifice--Enseignement biblique.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.
Sacrifice--Biblical teaching.
Oude Testament.
Offer.
Cultus.
Opferritus
Sozialgeschichtliche Exegese


Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

BS1199.S2 / J36 2004eb

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