Bridging the gap
Subtitle: ritual and ritual texts in the Bible
By: by Gerald A. Klingbeil.
Series: Bulletin for biblical research supplements -- 1
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Winona Lake, Ind
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781575068015
Subjects: Rites and ceremonies in the Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: how it all began; title: Culture, religion, and ritual: definitions and interaction; title: Ritual from a social-science perspective: looking over the fence; title: Ritual and Bible: the genesis of a new discipline; title: Biblical ritual in history: periods and perspectives; title: Reading ritual: strategies and trigger points; title: Structure, order and sequence, space, and time: ritual elements 1; title: Objects, action, participants, and language: ritual elements 2; title: "What does it all mean?": dimensions and functions of ritual; title: "Looking over the fence": ritual and other areas of biblical and theological research; title: Ritual yesterday, today, and tomorrow, or: some type of a conclusion for a Christian theology; title: Appendix: ritual texts in the Pentateuch.