The social meanings of sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible
Subtitle: a study of four writings
By: David Janzen.
Series: Beihefte zur zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche wissenschaft ;; Bd. 344; Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ;; 344.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Sacrifice -- Biblical teaching
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The rhetorics of ritual; title: Ritual and ritualized morality; title: Theology, worldview, and ideology; title: The study of sacrifice in biblical studies; title: Sacrifice in the priestly writing; title: Sacrifice and the king in the Deuteronomistic history; title: Perfect slaughter : sacrifice as warning and promise in the Deuteronomistic history; title: Sacrifice as cultic expression of the law : social and geographic separation in Ezra-Nehemiah; title: Rest, peace, and quiet : sacrifice in Chronicles; title: Conclusion: Sacrifice, God, and the people.