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Author Janzen, David, 1968-

Title The social meanings of sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible : a study of four writings / David Janzen
Published Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, [2004]
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Description 1 online resource (312 pages)
Series Beihefte zur zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche wissenschaft ; Bd. 344
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 344.
Contents Introduction -- The rhetorics of ritual -- Ritual and ritualized morality -- Theology, worldview, and ideology -- The study of sacrifice in biblical studies -- Sacrifice in the priestly writing -- Sacrifice and the king in the Deuteronomistic history -- Perfect slaughter : sacrifice as warning and promise in the Deuteronomistic history -- Sacrifice as cultic expression of the law : social and geographic separation in Ezra-Nehemiah -- Rest, peace, and quiet : sacrifice in Chronicles -- Conclusion: Sacrifice, God, and the people
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Old Testament fast
Altes Testament / Geschichtsbücher. swd
Subject Sacrifice -- Biblical teaching
RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
Sacrifice -- Biblical teaching
Opferritus
Sozialgeschichtliche Exegese
Oude Testament.
Offer.
Cultus.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783110904819
3110904810