Blood Ritual In The Hebrew Bible
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Blood Ritual In The Hebrew Bible
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Author : William K. Gilders
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2004-11-23
Blood Ritual In The Hebrew Bible written by William K. Gilders and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-23 with History categories.
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Blood Expiation In Hittite And Biblical Ritual
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Author : Yitzhaq Feder
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Blood Expiation In Hittite And Biblical Ritual written by Yitzhaq Feder and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Religion categories.
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.
The Oxford Handbook Of Ritual And Worship In The Hebrew Bible
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Author : Samuel E. Balentine
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020
The Oxford Handbook Of Ritual And Worship In The Hebrew Bible written by Samuel E. Balentine and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Religion categories.
"The conceit in the title of this volume is that ritual, however expansively it may be defined, is ineluctably tethered to religion and worship. It has a primal connection to the idea that a transcendent order - numinous and mysterious, supranatural and elusive, divine and wholly other - gives meaning and purpose to life. The construction of rites and rituals enables humans to conceive and apprehend this transcendent order, to symbolize it and interact with it, to postulate its truths in the face of contradicting realities and to repair them when they have been breached or diminished. The focus of this Handbook is on ritual and worship from the perspective of biblical studies, particularly on the Hebrew Bible and its ancient Near Eastern antecedents. Within this context, attention will be given to the development of ideas in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim thinking, but only insofar as they connect with or extend the trajectory of biblical precedents. The volume reflects a wide range of analytical approaches to ancient texts, inscriptions, iconography, and ritual artifacts. It examines the social history and cultural knowledge encoded in rituals, and explores the way rituals shape and are shaped by politics, economics, ethical imperatives, and religion itself. Toward this end, the volume is organized into six major sections: Historical Contexts, Interpretive Approaches, Ritual Elements (participants, places, times, objects, practices), Underlying Cultural and Theological Perspectives, History of Interpretation, Social-Cultural Functions, and Theology and Theological Heritage"--
Blood For Thought
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Author : Mira Balberg
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2024-05-14
Blood For Thought written by Mira Balberg and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-14 with Religion categories.
Blood for Thought delves into a relatively unexplored area of rabbinic literature: the vast corpus of laws, regulations, and instructions pertaining to sacrificial rituals. Mira Balberg traces and analyzes the ways in which the early rabbis interpreted and conceived of biblical sacrifices, reinventing them as a site through which to negotiate intellectual, cultural, and religious trends and practices in their surrounding world. Rather than viewing the rabbinic project as an attempt to generate a nonsacrificial version of Judaism, she argues that the rabbis developed a new sacrificial Jewish tradition altogether, consisting of not merely substitutes to sacrifice but elaborate practical manuals that redefined the processes themselves, radically transforming the meanings of sacrifice, its efficacy, and its value.
Perspectives On Purity And Purification In The Bible
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Author : Baruch J. Schwartz
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2008-06-01
Perspectives On Purity And Purification In The Bible written by Baruch J. Schwartz and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-01 with Religion categories.
This book is a collection of essays on purificaton and atonement in the Hebrew Bible that provides new insights into the discussion of these ideas by looking at the values of sociological and anthropological approaches to the topics. The collection also examines multivalence and polyvalence in ritual and asks to what extent it is possible to speak of the function or meaning of ritual, even within the highly systematic priestly texts.
Blood And Belief
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Author : David Biale
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2007-10-23
Blood And Belief written by David Biale and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-23 with Religion categories.
Blood contains extraordinary symbolic power in both Judaism and Christianity—as the blood of sacrifice, of Jesus, of the Jewish martyrs, of menstruation, and more. Yet, though they share the same literary, cultural, and religious origins, on the question of blood the two religions have followed quite different trajectories. For instance, while Judaism rejects the eating or drinking of blood, Christianity mandates its symbolic consumption as a central sacrament. How did these two traditions, both originating in the Hebrew Bible's cult of blood sacrifices, veer off in such different directions? With his characteristic wit and erudition, David Biale traces the continuing, changing, and often clashing roles of blood as both symbol and substance through the entire sweep of Jewish and Christian history from Biblical times to the present.
The Power And Purpose Of Blood In God S Design
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Author : Cynthia Hsing-Wei Chang
language : en
Publisher: Langham Publishing
Release Date : 2024-04-30
The Power And Purpose Of Blood In God S Design written by Cynthia Hsing-Wei Chang and has been published by Langham Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-30 with Religion categories.
How can Christians delve into the relationship between biblical law, narrative, and rituals to reconcile beliefs with cultural heritage? In this study, Dr. Cynthia Hsing-Wei Chang addresses the unfamiliar and impractical nature of Leviticus’s ritual teachings for Christians, particularly in the context of Chinese culture’s common practice of eating cooked blood pudding. Combining principles from biblical laws and rhetoric to distinguish Leviticus’s literary structure, this book examines well-being offerings in the Old Testament and Ugaritic sacrificial documents, and explores the meaning of blood atonement in rituals to provide a comprehensive theological response. By bridging ancient rituals and modern culture, Dr. Chang offers unique insights for cross-cultural understanding and practical guidance for those seeking to navigate cultural complexities while honoring their faith.
The Blood Covenant
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Author : Henry Clay Trumbull
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-11-16
The Blood Covenant written by Henry Clay Trumbull and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-16 with Religion categories.
The early history of Christianity was marked by blood covenants - rituals involving the blood of believers or animals, which was used to bond worshippers and to symbolize the life of Jesus. Use of blood in religious rites and ceremonies has a long history, with examples present in the Middle East and Africa, and even in parts of Europe. While many of these practices pertained to ancient pagan beliefs - for instance between believers in the Norse God Odin - some instances of the blood covenant are Jewish in origin. Early Christian groups, in particular the Gnostics who worshipped Christ in a clandestine manner in Rome, are considered to have partaken in blood covenants to a limited extent. The notion of a blood covenant between two believers was as a bond between them; the strength of this bond was increased further by the symbolic presence of blood in the life of Jesus. However, knowledge of the practice reached the enemies of Jews and early Christians, who exaggerated the ceremonial use of blood as justification for religious persecutions. Henry Clay Trumbull was a Christian minister and author who had access to a wide range of sources; the fact that the blood covenant had hitherto been overlooked by scholars of Christianity spurred him to publish this book.
Impurity And Gender In The Hebrew Bible
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Author : Elizabeth W. Goldstein
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2015-09-17
Impurity And Gender In The Hebrew Bible written by Elizabeth W. Goldstein and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-17 with Religion categories.
Impurity and Gender in the Hebrew Bible explores the role of female blood in the Hebrew Bible and considers its theological implications for future understandings of purity and impurity in the Jewish religion. Influenced by the work of Jonathan Klawans (Sin and Impurity in Ancient Judaism), and using the categories of ritual and moral impurities, this book analyzes the way in which these categories intersect with women and with the impurity of female blood, and reads the biblical foundations of purity and blood taboos with a feminist lens. Ultimately, the purpose of this book is to understand the intersection between impurity and gender, figuratively and non-figuratively, in the Hebrew Bible. Goldstein traces this intersection from the years 1000 BCE-250 BCE and ends with a consideration of female impurity in the literature of Qumran.
Human Sacrifice In Jewish And Christian Tradition
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Author : Karin Finsterbusch
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-08-14
Human Sacrifice In Jewish And Christian Tradition written by Karin Finsterbusch and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-14 with Religion categories.
The present volume asks to which extent ancient practices and traditions of human sacrifice are reflected in medieval and modern Judeo-Christian times and also includes contributions concerned with the Ancient Near East and Ancient Greece.