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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453926903321

Autore

Bergen Wesley J

Titolo

Reading ritual [[electronic resource] ] : Leviticus in postmodern culture / / Wesley J. Bergen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T&T Clark International, c2005

ISBN

1-281-80289-1

9786611802899

0-567-52443-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 417

Playing the texts ; ; 9

Disciplina

222/.1306

Soggetti

Sacrifice - Biblical teaching

Ritual - Biblical teaching

Postmodernism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [124]-136) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Animal Sacrifice Today; Chapter 3 Sacrificing for the Team: Leviticus 4 and the Church of Monday Night Football; Chapter 4 Ritual Sacrifice in Leviticus, Africa, and North America; Chapter 5 Blood Sacrifice in the United States; Chapter 6 The Afterlife of Leviticus 1-7 in the Church; Chapter 7 Leviticus 7: A Commentary in Three Voices; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This book draws on a variety of disciplines to undertake a unique analysis of Leviticus 1-7. Rather than studying the rituals prescribed in Leviticus as arcane historical/theological texts of little interest to the modern reader, or as examples of primitive rituals that have no parallel in Western society, this book provides many points of contact between animal sacrifice rituals and various parts of post-modern society. Modern rituals such as Monday Night Football, eating fast food, sending sons and daughters off to war, and even the rituals of modern academia are contrasted with the text of