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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824642103321

Autore

Gorman Frank H

Titolo

The ideology of ritual : space, time and status in the priestly theology / / Frank H.Gorman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, : JSOT Press, 1990

ISBN

1-281-80356-1

9786611803568

0-567-57196-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 pages)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 91

Disciplina

222.106

222/.1067

Soggetti

Theology

Ritual - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 RITUAL: A METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK; Chapter 2 PRIESTLY WORLD VIEW AND PRIESTLY RITUAL; Chapter 3 LEVITICUS 16; Chapter 4 LEVITICUS 8; Excursus I: EXODUS 34.29-35: MOSES THE EXALTED INAUGURATOR OF THE CULT; Chapter 5 LEVITICUS 14.1-20; Excursus II: THE ROLE OF BLOOD IN THE KIPPER-ACT BLOOD AS A SYMBOL OF LIFE AND DEATH; Chapter 6 NUMBERS 19; Chapter 7 NUMBERS 28-29; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

For the Priestly writers, ritual was a fundamental form of theological reflection. This study analyses the conceptual categories of space, time and status in an effort to clarify the larger cultural and conceptual categories operative in the Priestly ritual system. Drawing on interpretative models derived from cultural anthropology, the author argues that Priestly creation theology forms a necessary context for understanding the Priestly rituals.