TY - BOOK AU - Klingbeil,Gerald A. TI - Bridging the gap: ritual and ritual texts in the Bible T2 - Bulletin for biblical research supplements SN - 9781575065960 AV - BS621 .K65 2007eb U1 - 264 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Winona Lake, Ind. PB - Eisenbrauns KW - Rites and ceremonies in the Bible KW - RELIGION KW - Christian Rituals & Practice KW - Worship & Liturgy KW - bisacsh KW - Institutions & Organizations KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-286) and indexes; Introduction : how it all began -- Culture, religion, and ritual: definitions and interaction -- Ritual from a social-science perspective: looking over the fence -- Ritual and Bible: the genesis of a new discipline -- Biblical ritual in history: periods and perspectives -- Reading ritual: strategies and trigger points -- Structure, order and sequence, space, and time: ritual elements 1 -- Objects, action, participants, and language: ritual elements 2 -- "What does it all mean?": dimensions and functions of ritual -- "Looking over the fence": ritual and other areas of biblical and theological research -- Ritual yesterday, today, and tomorrow, or: some type of a conclusion for a Christian theology -- Appendix: ritual texts in the Pentateuch UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=448617 ER -