1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457065203321

Autore

Feder Yitzhaq

Titolo

Blood expiation in Hittite and biblical ritual [[electronic resource] ] : origins, context, and meaning / / Yitzhaq Feder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Atlanta, : Society of Biblical Literature, c2011

ISBN

1-58983-555-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 309 p. ) : ill., map ;

Collana

Society of Biblical Literature : writings from the ancient world supplements ; ; no. 2

Disciplina

221.6/7

Soggetti

Blood in the Bible

Blood - Religious aspects

Ritual

Hittites - Religion

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1 ; 1: The Hurro-Hittite zurki Rite -- 2: The Biblical Sin Offering -- 3: The Question of a Historical Connection -- Part 2 ; 4: Rituals, Signs, and Meaning: Theoretical Foundations -- 5: The Blood of the Sin Offering: Origins, Context, and Meaning -- 6: The zurki Rite: Origins, Context, and Meaning -- 7: Tracking the Blood Rite Tradition: Origins, Translation, and Transformation -- Conclusion

Sommario/riassunto

This pioneering study examines the use of blood to purge the effects of sin and impurity in Hittite and biblical ritual. The idea that blood atones for sins holds a prominent place in both Jewish and Christian traditions. The author traces this notion back to its earliest documentation in the fourteenth- and thirteenth-century B.C.E. texts from Hittite Anatolia, in which the smearing of blood is used as a means of expiation, purification, and consecration. This rite parallels, in both its procedure and goals, the biblical sin offering. The author argues that this practice stems from a common tradition manifested in both cultures. In addition, this book aims to decipher and elucidate the symbolism of the practice of blood smearing by seeking to identify the sociocultural context in which the expiatory significance of blood originated. Thus, it



is essential reading for anyone interested in the meaning and efficacy of ritual, the origins of Jewish and Christian notions of sin and atonement, and the origin of the biblical blood rite.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996280735703316

Titolo

IEEE Std 1390.3-1999 : IEEE standard for automatic meter reading via telephone-- : network to utility controller. / / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : IEEE, , 1999

ISBN

0-7381-1645-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 27 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Disciplina

628.144

Soggetti

Water-meters

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

The telephone network interface to a utility controller operating under the utility telemetry service architecture is described. The interface is described in terms of a utility meter reading application but any enhanced service provider communication can be transported. Telemetry calls may be initiated by either the utility/enhanced service provider (outbound) or the telemetry Interface unit (TIU)/CPE (inbound) on the end user's premise.