Author: Nicole J. Ruane;
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication year: 2013
E-ISBN: 9781316894972
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780521877244
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780521877244
Subject: B971.1 Old Testament
Keyword: 宗教
Language: ENG
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Description
This book examines the Hebrew Bible's numerous laws about sacrificial procedure to understand the significance of gender in sacrificial rituals. Examines the Hebrew Bible's laws about sacrificial procedure to understand the significance of gender in sacrificial rituals and why gender distinctions are vital in these acts. Gender selection of both victims and participants is an intrinsic aspect of the nature and purpose of each rite. The laws are a means of controlling material wealth and constructing social roles. Examines the Hebrew Bible's laws about sacrificial procedure to understand the significance of gender in sacrificial rituals and why gender distinctions are vital in these acts. Gender selection of both victims and participants is an intrinsic aspect of the nature and purpose of each rite. The laws are a means of controlling material wealth and constructing social roles. This book examines the Hebrew Bible's numerous laws about sacrificial procedure to understand the significance of gender in sacrificial rituals and the reasons that gender distinctions are so vital in these acts. Gender selection of both victims and participants is an intrinsic aspect of the nature and purpose of each rite, affecting its form and function, as well as its legitimacy. Sacrifice and Gender in Biblical Law considers the laws of the firstborn, the rite of the red cow, laws of slaughter, rituals of purification, and other offerings. It shows that these laws regulate material wealth and contribute to the construction of social roles. 1. Introduction; 2. Women's sacrificial roles in biblical law; 3. The gendered victimology of animal offerings; 4. Milk, meat, and mothers: the exclusion of mothers from sacrifice in cultic food laws; 5. Death and the female: the sacred impurity of the red cow; 6. Impurity and the creation of difference; 7. Fathers and firstlings; 8. Conclusion: child sacrifice and animal sacrifice. '… Sacrifice and Gender in Biblical Law offers a broad investigation of the relationship between the two categories named in the title. Ruane is a close and observant reader of texts, and is careful to ground her readings in both textual scholarship and theories of sacrifice … a valuable contribution to scholarship on gender in ancient Israel.' Rhiannon Graybill, Biblical Interpretation
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