Title: A comparative study of the ritual of ordination as found in Leviticus 8 and Emar 369 /
Authors: Klingbeil, Gerald A., 1964-
Publisher: E. Mellen Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Bible. Extra-canonical parallels.; Priests, Jewish Biblical teaching.; Priests Syria Emar (Extinct city); Ordination (Liturgy) Comparative studies.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Ritual in the context of the cultural universe -- some methodological considerations -- A. Methodological frame of reference -- B. Relevance of topic -- C. Aims of research -- D. Religion and culture -- E. Model of interpretation -- (1) Definition and explanation of relevant terminology -- (2) Symbol -- (3) Three different approaches of interpreting symbolism -- Lawson and McCauley's cognitive approach -- Gane's cognitive approach and general system theory -- Gorman's social function approach -- Evaluation and formulation of approach taken in this study -- (4) Symbolic act -- (5) Rite of passage -- (6) Ritual -- (7) Cult -- F. Method of interpretation -- (1) Holistic approach -- (2) Phenomenological approach -- Philosophical phenomenology -- Phenomenology of religion -- an introduction -- Phenomenology of religion -- questions and critique -- Phenomenology of religion as implemented in this study -- (3) Pragmatic considerations -- Description of the textual material -- Categories of analysis -- 3. Introduction to Leviticus 8 -- A. Motivation of choice of concentration -- B. History of investigation -- overview and critique -- (1) Leviticus 8 in current research -- (2) Leviticus 8 and ordination in studies pertaining to priests and Levites -- (3) Leviticus 8 in recent commentaries -- Leviticus 8 in commentaries published prior to 1980 -- Leviticus 8 in commentaries published after 1980 -- Commentaries on Leviticus -- a summary -- (4) H. Utzschneider, Das Heiligtum und das Gesetz -- (5) F. Gorman, The ideology of ritual -- (6) Summary concerning the history of investigation -- C. Exegetical method -- Genre and interpretation -- D. The state of the text -- E. Relationship between Lev. 8 and Ex. 29 -- F. Structure of Lev 8 -- (1) Macro-structure of Lev 8 -- (2) Micro-structure of Lev 8 -- G. Summary