New Perspectives on Ritual in the Biblical World
Published on 14. July 2022
Book
Hardback
296 pages
978-0-567-69337-2 (ISBN)
Description
This volume presents a range of methodologically innovative treatments on ritual action in the Hebrew Bible. They treat a diverse range of ritual phenomena, including space, blessings and oath-taking, from the world of ancient Israel and Judah.
The introduction engages with the dominant scholarly models drawn from ritual theory, and the volume explores their applicability to ancient textual material such as the Hebrew Bible. The chapters reflect high-level specialized engagement with specific ritual phenomena through the lens of appropriate theoretical and methodological approaches.
The introduction engages with the dominant scholarly models drawn from ritual theory, and the volume explores their applicability to ancient textual material such as the Hebrew Bible. The chapters reflect high-level specialized engagement with specific ritual phenomena through the lens of appropriate theoretical and methodological approaches.
Reviews / Votes
The many areas of discussion and ways in which text, theory, and comparative material are drawn together are testaments to how ritual and the study of biblical texts are mutually illuminating...the authors and editors have provided a welcome, diverse, and insightful contribution to biblical and ritual studies. -- Samuel Boyd, University of Colorado, USA * Review of Biblical Literature * This volume offers a wonderful set of essays that further explore ideas of ritual in the HB, across a variety of genres. -- Dr Joseph Scales * The Society for Old Testament Study Book List * This excellent collection of thirteen essays on ritual in the biblical world ... succeeds in its goal of showing the necessity of multiple methodologies for interpreting ritual texts in the Bible ... Scholars of ritual and religion in the Bible, ancient Israel, and the ancient Near East will benefit from reading this volume and would do well to imitate its interdisciplinary commitment. -- Andrew R. Davis, Boston College, USA * Orientalia *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-567-69337-2 (9780567693372)
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Laura Quick | Melissa Ramos
New Perspectives on Ritual in the Biblical World
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06/2022
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Persons
Laura Quick is Assistant Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies at Princeton University, USA.
Melissa Ramos is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, George Fox University, USA.
Melissa Ramos is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, George Fox University, USA.
Content
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part 1: Bodies, Gender and Ritual
1. An Indecent Proposal or a Ritualized Quest for Survival? The Threshing Floor Episode in Ruth 3 Reconsidered, Ekaterina E. Kozlova, London School of Theology, UK
2. Ritual, Gender, and History in 1-2 Kings, Cat Quine, University of Nottingham UK
3. Milk, Meat, and Mothers: The Problem of Motherhood in Some Ritual Food Laws, Nicole Ruane, University of New Hampshire, UK
4. Drinking the Golden Calf: Consumption and Transformation in Exodus 32, Laura Quick, University of Oxford, UK
Part II: Magic and Ritual
5. Satan and the High Priest: Zechariah 3 as Exorcism, Isabel Cranz, University of Pennsylvania, USA
6. Contested Divination: Biblical Necromancy and Competition among Ritual Specialists in Ancient Israel, Kerry Sonia, Colby College, USA
7. Binding Asmodeus: A Lexical Analysis of the Ritual and Medical Use of Fish in Tobit, Lindsay Askin, University of Bristol, UK
8. Enchant the Sabbath Day to Make it Holy: Conjuration and Performativity in Exodus 20:8-11, Timothy Hogue, UCLA and Loyola Marymount University, USA
Part III: Textualization and Ritual
9. Aaron's Body as Ritual Vessel, Alice Mandell, Johns Hopkins University, USA
10.The Literary Representation of Sacrifice in Biblical Narrative, Liane Feldman, New York University, USA
11. "The Offerings of the Tribal Leaders, the Purification of the Levites, and the Hermeneutics of Ritual Innovation", Nathan MacDonald, Cambridge University, UK
12. Monumentalizing Slaughter: 'Cutting a Covenant' in the Hebrew Bible and Levantine Inscriptions, Melissa Ramos, George Fox University, USA
13. Silver Scripts: The Ritual Function of Purified Metal in Ancient Judah, Jeremy Smoak, UCLA, USA
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
Part 1: Bodies, Gender and Ritual
1. An Indecent Proposal or a Ritualized Quest for Survival? The Threshing Floor Episode in Ruth 3 Reconsidered, Ekaterina E. Kozlova, London School of Theology, UK
2. Ritual, Gender, and History in 1-2 Kings, Cat Quine, University of Nottingham UK
3. Milk, Meat, and Mothers: The Problem of Motherhood in Some Ritual Food Laws, Nicole Ruane, University of New Hampshire, UK
4. Drinking the Golden Calf: Consumption and Transformation in Exodus 32, Laura Quick, University of Oxford, UK
Part II: Magic and Ritual
5. Satan and the High Priest: Zechariah 3 as Exorcism, Isabel Cranz, University of Pennsylvania, USA
6. Contested Divination: Biblical Necromancy and Competition among Ritual Specialists in Ancient Israel, Kerry Sonia, Colby College, USA
7. Binding Asmodeus: A Lexical Analysis of the Ritual and Medical Use of Fish in Tobit, Lindsay Askin, University of Bristol, UK
8. Enchant the Sabbath Day to Make it Holy: Conjuration and Performativity in Exodus 20:8-11, Timothy Hogue, UCLA and Loyola Marymount University, USA
Part III: Textualization and Ritual
9. Aaron's Body as Ritual Vessel, Alice Mandell, Johns Hopkins University, USA
10.The Literary Representation of Sacrifice in Biblical Narrative, Liane Feldman, New York University, USA
11. "The Offerings of the Tribal Leaders, the Purification of the Levites, and the Hermeneutics of Ritual Innovation", Nathan MacDonald, Cambridge University, UK
12. Monumentalizing Slaughter: 'Cutting a Covenant' in the Hebrew Bible and Levantine Inscriptions, Melissa Ramos, George Fox University, USA
13. Silver Scripts: The Ritual Function of Purified Metal in Ancient Judah, Jeremy Smoak, UCLA, USA
Bibliography
Index