Were women, too, allowed to offer sacrificesin Israel?: Observations on the meaning andfestive form of sacrifice in Deuteronomy
Although the question whether women in Israel were also allowed to presentofferings stands in accordance with modern ways of thought andspeech, it is not self-evident at alL This is immediately proved in the exampleof the sacrificial hermeneutics of the early church and of a precisesemantics of bibl...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1999
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Hervormde teologiese studies
Year: 1999, Volume: 55, Issue: 4, Pages: 909-942 |
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| Summary: | Although the question whether women in Israel were also allowed to presentofferings stands in accordance with modern ways of thought andspeech, it is not self-evident at alL This is immediately proved in the exampleof the sacrificial hermeneutics of the early church and of a precisesemantics of biblical statements on sacrifice. The view on sacrifices andtheir presenters thus gained, is then illustrated by means of the pilgrimagefeast which was conducted by the family of Elkanah at the sanctuary inShiloh (1 Sm 1). The function which was given to women in the ancientIsraelite sacrificial cult was also taken up by the centralisation of the cultby king Josiah and by Deuteronomy. It is now to be found in the pilgrimageschema of the Deuteronomic festal theory. Moreover, the meal provesitself to be the structure of meaning of the sacrifice. The right of women,too, can only be determined within the framework of this liturgical communal meal. |
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| ISSN: | 0259-9422 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hervormde teologiese studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15496/publikation-69969 HDL: 10900/128606 |