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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.

Publication Info. Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, [2004]
2004

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Description 1 online resource (312 pages)
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Series Beihefte zur zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche wissenschaft ; Bd. 344
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 344.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Sacrifice -- Biblical teaching.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Janzen, David, 1968- Social meanings of sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible. Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, [2004] xii, 300 pages ; 24 cm. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 344. 9783110181586 (DLC) 2004010731
ISBN 9783110181586
9783110904819 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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