UID:
edocfu_9959228146702883
Format:
1 online resource (293 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-46688-X
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9786610466887
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1-4175-0227-4
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90-474-0002-X
Series Statement:
The Brill reference library of Judaism ; v. 10
Content:
This work covers the issues of rituals and their embedded ritual theory in the religion of ancient Israel. It states that rituals are an autonomous form of expression of the human mind. It argues that the ritual theory is not in any general theory of ritual but embedded in the ritual act itself.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Rituals and Ritual Theory-Introductory Remarks; Chapter Two: Economic Ethos and Rituals in the Religion of Ancient Israel; Chapter Three: The Relevance of Myth for the Understanding of Ritual in Ancient Judaism; Chapter Four: In Quest of New Perspectives in Religious Studies: Halakhah and the Study of Rituals; Chapter Five: Sacrifices in Biblical Literature and Ritual Theory; Chapter Six: The "Lord's Supper" and Ritual Theory; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-04-12627-9
Language:
English
