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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823583403321

Autore

Gruenwald Ithamar

Titolo

Rituals and ritual theory in ancient Israel / / by Ithamar Gruenwald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2003

ISBN

1-280-46688-X

9786610466887

1-4175-0227-4

90-474-0002-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Collana

The Brill reference library of Judaism ; ; v. 10

Disciplina

296.4/9

Soggetti

Judaism - Liturgy - Philosophy

Ritual

Judaism - History - To 70 A.D

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. [267]-274) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Rituals and Ritual Theory-Introductory Remarks; Chapter Two: Economic Ethos and Rituals in the Religion of Ancient Israel; Chapter Three: The Relevance of Myth for the Understanding of Ritual in Ancient Judaism; Chapter Four: In Quest of New Perspectives in Religious Studies: Halakhah and the Study of Rituals; Chapter Five: Sacrifices in Biblical Literature and Ritual Theory; Chapter Six: The "Lord's Supper" and Ritual Theory; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work covers the issues of rituals and their embedded ritual theory in the religion of ancient Israel. It states that rituals are an autonomous form of expression of the human mind. It argues that the ritual theory is not in any general theory of ritual but embedded in the ritual act itself.