The Social Meanings of Sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible
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The Social Meanings of Sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible

A Study of Four Writings

  1. 312 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Social Meanings of Sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible

A Study of Four Writings

About this book

This work uses anthropological theory and field studies to investigate the social function and meaning of sacrifice. All rituals, including sacrifice, communicate social beliefs and morality, but these cannot be determined outside of a study of the social context. Thus, there is no single explanation for sacrifice - such as those advanced by René Girard or Walter Burkert or late-19th and early-20th century scholars. The book then examines four different writings in the Hebrew Bible - the Priestly Writing, the Deuteronomistic History, Ezra-Nehemiah, and Chronicles - to demonstrate how different social origins result in different social meanings of sacrifice.

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Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9783110181586
eBook ISBN
9783110904819
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. List of Abbreviations
  3. 1. Introduction
  4. 1.1. The Meaning of Sacrifice
  5. 1.2. Outline of the Book
  6. 2. The Rhetorics of Ritual
  7. 2.1. Introduction: Ritual and Sacrifice
  8. 2.2. The Contexts of Ritual
  9. 2.3. Ritual’s Formality and its Social Message
  10. 2.4. Ritual as Rhetoric
  11. 2.5. The Variety of Ritual’s Rhetorical Strategies
  12. 2.6. Conclusion
  13. 3. Ritual and Ritualized Morality
  14. 3.1. Introduction: Ritualized Morality and the Problem of Defining Ritual
  15. 3.2. Strategies of Practice: Ritual and Daily Life
  16. 3.3. Ritual Exegesis of Practice
  17. 3.4. Conclusion
  18. 4. Theology, Worldview, and Ideology
  19. 4.1. Introduction: The Concept of Ideology within Biblical Studies
  20. 4.2. The Inevitability of Ritual Ideology
  21. 5. The Study of Sacrifice in Biblical Studies
  22. 5.1. Sacrifice and Meaning in Biblical Studies
  23. 5.2. Universal Theories of Sacrifice
  24. 5.3. The Rhetorics of Sacrifice
  25. 6. Sacrifice in the Priestly Writing
  26. 6.1. Introduction: The Nature of P
  27. 6.2. P from Creation to Sinai
  28. 6.3. P at Sinai: Sacrifice and a Worldview of Holiness and Purity
  29. 6.4. The Social Meanings of Sacrifice in P
  30. 6.5. Conclusion: The Narrative of P
  31. 7. Sacrifice and the King in the Deuteronomistic History
  32. 7.1. Introduction: A Cultic History
  33. 7.2. The Deuteronomistic History as a Product of the Exile
  34. 7.3. Sacrifice and Obedience in the Deuteronomistic History
  35. 7.4. Conclusion: The King as Custodian of Sacrifice
  36. 8. Perfect Slaughter: Sacrifice as Warning and Promise in the Deuteronomistic History
  37. 8.1. Introduction
  38. 8.2. áž„rm and Sacrifice as Promise
  39. 8.3. Sacrifice as Warning
  40. 8.4. Conclusion: Sacrifice in Dtr and P
  41. 9. Sacrifice as Cultic Expression of the Law: Social and Geographic Separation in Ezra-Nehemiah
  42. 9.1. Introduction
  43. 9.2. Unity and Authorship of Ezra-Nehemiah
  44. 9.3. The Law and the Peoples
  45. 9.4. Sacrifice and the Law
  46. 9.5. Conclusion
  47. 10. Rest, Peace, and Quiet: Sacrifice in Chronicles
  48. 10.1. Introduction: Sacrifice and Obedience in Chronicles
  49. 10.2. Integrity and Date of Chronicles
  50. 10.3. The Sacrifices: áž„sd, Praise, and Thanksgiving
  51. 10.4. áž„sd, Peace, and the Chronicler’s Worldview
  52. 10.4. Conclusion: Sacrifice, Quietism, and the Future of Israel in Chronicles
  53. 11. Conclusion: Sacrifice, God, and the People
  54. 11.1. Summary of the Social Meanings of Sacrifice in the Writings
  55. 11.2. Shulgi’s Reformation of Sacrifice and its Social Meaning
  56. 11.3. Sacrifice, God, and the People in the Biblical Writings
  57. Bibliography
  58. Scripture Index
  59. Author Index