01388nam a2200181Ia 4500 230823s9999 xx 000 0 und d 9781575068015157506801X eng BS621 .K65 2007 Klingbeil, Gerald A. Bridging the gap : ritual and ritual texts in the Bible / Gerald A. Klingbeil Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2007 xiv, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bulletin for biblical research supplements ; 1 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. Rites and ceremonies in the Bible.Christian Rituals & Practice Worship & Liturgy. 46588 46588