LEADER 03076nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910453926903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-80289-1 010 $a9786611802899 010 $a0-567-52443-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000542322 035 $a(EBL)436241 035 $a(OCoLC)276849476 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000233069 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12050519 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233069 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10215004 035 $a(PQKB)11169567 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436241 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436241 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10250679 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL180289 035 $a(OCoLC)893334022 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000542322 100 $a20050210d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReading ritual$b[electronic resource] $eLeviticus in postmodern culture /$fWesley J. Bergen 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cT&T Clark International$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (149 p.) 225 1 $aJournal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;$v417 225 1 $aPlaying the texts ;$v9 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-567-04081-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [124]-136) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aThis book draws on a variety of disciplines to undertake a unique analysis of Leviticus 1-7. Rather than studying the rituals prescribed in Leviticus as arcane historical/theological texts of little interest to the modern reader, or as examples of primitive rituals that have no parallel in Western society, this book provides many points of contact between animal sacrifice rituals and various parts of post-modern society. Modern rituals such as Monday Night Football, eating fast food, sending sons and daughters off to war, and even the rituals of modern academia are contrasted with the text of 410 0$aJournal for the study of the Old Testament.$pSupplement series ;$v417. 410 0$aPlaying the texts ;$v9. 606 $aSacrifice$xBiblical teaching 606 $aRitual$xBiblical teaching 606 $aPostmodernism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSacrifice$xBiblical teaching. 615 0$aRitual$xBiblical teaching. 615 0$aPostmodernism. 676 $a222/.1306 700 $aBergen$b Wesley J$0922933 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453926903321 996 $aReading ritual$92124224 997 $aUNINA