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Subject(s)

• Bible Old Testament—Criticism, interpretation, etc [Browse]
• Rites and ceremonies in the Bible [Browse]

Editor

• Quick, Laura (Professor of Hebrew Bible) [Browse]
• Ramos, Melissa D. [Browse]

Series

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 702. [More in this series]

Summary note

"This volume presents a range of methodologically innovative treatments on ritual action in the Hebrew Bible. They treat a diverse range of ritual phenomena, including space, blessings and oath-taking, from the world of ancient Israel and Judah. The introduction engages with the dominant scholarly models drawn from ritual theory, and the volume explores their applicability to ancient textual material such as the Hebrew Bible. The chapters reflect high-level specialized engagement with specific ritual phenomena through the lens of appropriate theoretical and methodological approaches." --Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• An indecent proposal or a ritualized quest for survival?: the threshing floor episode in Ruth 3 reconsidered / Ekaterina E. Kozlova
• Ritual, gender, and history in 1-2 Kings / Cat Quine
• Milk, meat, and mothers: the problem of motherhood in some ritual food laws / Nicole J. Ruane
• Drinking the golden calf: consumption and transformation in Exodus 21 / Laura Quick
• Satan and the high priest: Zechariah 3 as exorcism / Isabel Cranz
• Contested divination: biblical necromancy and competition among ritual specialists in ancient Israel / Kerry M. Sonia
• Binding Asmodeus: a lexical analysis of the ritual and medical use of fish in Tobit / Lindsey A. Askin
• Enchant the Sabbath Day to make it holy: conjuration and performativity in Exodus 20:8-11 / Timothy Hogue
• Aaron's body as a ritual vessel in the Exodus tabernacle building narrative / Alice Mandell
• The literary representation of sacrifice in biblical narrative / Liane M. Feldman
• The offerings of the tribal leaders, the purification of the Levites, and the hermeneutics of ritual innovation / Nathan MacDonald
• Monumentalizing slaughter: "cutting a covenant" in the Hebrew Bible and Levantine inscriptions / Melissa Ramos
• Silver scripts: the ritual function of purified metal in ancient Judah / Jeremy D. Smoak.

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ISBN

• 0567693376 ((hardcover))
• 9780567693372 ((hardcover))

OCLC

1264273665

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