03042nam 2200649Ia 450 991078225120332120230617010437.01-281-80289-197866118028990-567-52443-4(CKB)1000000000542322(EBL)436241(OCoLC)276849476(SSID)ssj0000233069(PQKBManifestationID)12050519(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233069(PQKBWorkID)10215004(PQKB)11169567(MiAaPQ)EBC436241(Au-PeEL)EBL436241(CaPaEBR)ebr10250679(CaONFJC)MIL180289(OCoLC)893334022(EXLCZ)99100000000054232220050210d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReading ritual[electronic resource] Leviticus in postmodern culture /Wesley J. BergenLondon ;New York T&T Clark Internationalc20051 online resource (149 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;417Playing the texts ;9Description based upon print version of record.0-567-04081-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [124]-136) and index.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 AuthorsThis 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 ofJournal for the study of the Old Testament.Supplement series ;417.Playing the texts ;9.SacrificeBiblical teachingRitualBiblical teachingPostmodernismSacrificeBiblical teaching.RitualBiblical teaching.Postmodernism.222/.1306Bergen Wesley J1484523MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782251203321Reading ritual3703203UNINA