Violent rituals of the Hebrew Bible
Although seldom studied by biblical scholars as a discrete phenomenon, ritual violence is mentioned frequently in biblical texts. Violent Rituals of the Hebrew Bible is the first book to investigate violent rites, the ritual settings in which they occur, their various literary contexts, and the iden...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press USA- OSO
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Olyan, Saul M., 1959-, Violent rituals of the Hebrew Bible] (2022) (McClure, Albert L.)
[Rezension von: Olyan, Saul M., 1959-, Violent rituals of the Hebrew Bible] (2021) (Pitkänen, Pekka) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Violence
/ Ritual
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| Further subjects: | B
Violence in the Bible
B Ritual-Biblical teaching B Electronic books B Bible.-Old Testament-Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Although seldom studied by biblical scholars as a discrete phenomenon, ritual violence is mentioned frequently in biblical texts. Violent Rituals of the Hebrew Bible is the first book to investigate violent rites, the ritual settings in which they occur, their various literary contexts, and the identity and aims of their agents in order to speak in an informed way about the contours and social aspects of ritual violence as it is represented in the Hebrew Bible. Cover -- Violent Rituals of the Hebrew Bible -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Ritual Violence Prescribed -- 2. Violent Rites Narrated -- 3. Ritual Violence Envisioned -- 4. Ritual Inversion and Mitigating Rites as Components of Ritual Violence -- 5. The Role of Circumstantially Dependent Rites in Ritual Violence -- 6. The Social Dimensions of Ritual Violence -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 0190681918 |