Ritual as Divine Law: The Case of Hittite Royal Cultic Performance and its Biblical Correspondence

The present article explores the way the law in Hittite royal view, regarded as a prerogative of the king – while based on the “customs of the land” – was formulized through “royal decrees.” By this formulization, the king enacted “royal legal sacrifice” under the adjudication of the royal court. Hi...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Taggar-Cohen, Ada (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
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Έκδοση: Soc. 2020
Στο/Στη: Orient
Έτος: 2020, Τόμος: 55, Σελίδες: 13-27
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Royal Ideology
B Cult
B Biblical
B Hittite
B Ritualization
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Σύνοψη:The present article explores the way the law in Hittite royal view, regarded as a prerogative of the king – while based on the “customs of the land” – was formulized through “royal decrees.” By this formulization, the king enacted “royal legal sacrifice” under the adjudication of the royal court. Hittite royal rituals were enacted using written texts, which manifestly represent “narrativized ritual.” Hittite festivals and rituals evolved over the years from local traditions involving specific gods through centralized royal legalization into a demanding calendar of festivals for different gods. In the final part of this article I suggest that Hittite material may help us perceive how biblical rituals have been narrativized in the Priestly texts.
ISSN:1884-1392
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Orient
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5356/orient.55.13