Reading ritual [[electronic resource] ] : Leviticus in postmodern culture / / Wesley J. Bergen

• Autore: Bergen Wesley J
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : T&T Clark International, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (149 p.)
• Disciplina: 222/.1306
• Soggetto topico: Sacrifice - Biblical teaching; Ritual - Biblical teaching; Postmodernism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [124]-136) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Reading ritual
• ISBN: 1-281-80289-1; 9786611802899; 0-567-52443-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782251203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 417.; Playing the texts ; ; 9.