Blood Ritual in the Hebrew Bible: Meaning and Power. By William K. Gilders
This book deals with all the passages, in all parts of the Hebrew Bible, in which blood is assigned a ritual function, but its main focus is on ritual texts in the priestly strata of the Pentateuch. It is one of the most important works on its subject in recent years, because the author has reflecte...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2007
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 569-571 |
| Review of: | Blood ritual in the Hebrew Bible (Baltimore, Md. [u.a.] : Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2004) (Houston, Walter J.)
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| Summary: | This book deals with all the passages, in all parts of the Hebrew Bible, in which blood is assigned a ritual function, but its main focus is on ritual texts in the priestly strata of the Pentateuch. It is one of the most important works on its subject in recent years, because the author has reflected on the relevant methodological issues and applies methods that are relatively new in this field in a careful and consistent way., On the question of method in the study of ritual, Gilders notes that most interpreters have sought to interpret ritual according to its instrumental effects—what it is thought to achieve—or to its symbolism, the meaning it is supposed to communicate. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fll132 |