ritual and ritual texts in the Bible Klingbeil, Gerald A. creator text xx Winona Lake, Ind Eisenbrauns 2007 9999 monographic und eng

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xiv, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Introduction : how it all began -- Culture, religion, and ritual: definitions and interaction -- Ritual from a social-science perspective: looking over the fence -- Ritual and Bible: the genesis of a new discipline -- Biblical ritual in history: periods and perspectives -- Reading ritual: strategies and trigger points -- Structure, order and sequence, space, and time: ritual elements 1 -- Objects, action, participants, and language: ritual elements 2 -- "What does it all mean?": dimensions and functions of ritual -- "Looking over the fence": ritual and other areas of biblical and theological research -- Ritual yesterday, today, and tomorrow, or: some type of a conclusion for a Christian theology -- Appendix: ritual texts in the Pentateuch. Gerald A. Klingbeil Rites and ceremonies in the Bible.Christian Rituals & Practice Worship & Liturgy BS621 .K65 2007 9781575068015157506801X 230822