Ritual in Deuteronomy The Performance of Doom The Ancient Word Series
Auteur : Ramos Melissa D.
Ritual in Deuteronomy explores the symbolic world of Deuteronomy?s ritual covenant and curses through a lens of religious studies and anthropology, drawing on previously unexamined Mesopotamian material.
This book focuses on the ritual material in Deuteronomy including commands regarding sacrifice, prayer objects, and especially the dramatic ritual enactment of the covenant including curses. The book?s most unique feature is an entirely new comparative study of Deut 27?30 with two ritual texts from Mesopotamia. No studies to date have undertaken a comparison of Deut 27?30 with ancient Near Eastern ritual texts outside of the treaty oath tradition. This fresh comparison illuminates how the ritual life of ancient Israel shaped the literary form of Deuteronomy and concludes that the performance of oaths was a social strategy, addressing contemporary anxieties and reinforcing systems of cultural power.
This book offers a fascinating comparative study which will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students in biblical studies, classical Hebrew, theology, and ancient Near Eastern studies. The book?s more technical aspects will also appeal to scholars of the Pentateuch, Deuteronomy, Biblical Law, Ancient Near Eastern History, Mesopotamian Studies, and Classics.
Introduction 1. Ritual studies and Deuteronomy 2. The ritual performance of oaths 3. Deuteronomy 27–30 and incantation rituals 4. Ritual and the literary unity of Deuteronomy 27–28 5. Ritual innovation in Deuteronomy
Melissa D. Ramos is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Portland Seminary of George Fox University, USA. Her research interests include ritual in the Hebrew Bible, loyalty oaths, and feminist hermeneutical approaches.
Date de parution : 05-2024
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 04-2021
15.6x23.4 cm
Thèmes de Ritual in Deuteronomy :
Mots-clés :
Covenant Enactment; ritual in Deuteronomy; Oral Pronouncement; cultic origins of Deuteronomy; Ritual Enactment; oral recitation of deuteronomy; Curse Formulae; oral performance and deuteronomy; Covenant Oath; oral performance and the hebrew bible; Neo-Assyrian Empire; cultic ratification of the covenant law in hebrew bible; Ritual Oath; Deut 27-28; Iron Ii Period; deuteronomy 27-28; Incantation Texts; Maqlu; Judean Scribes; Surpu; Oath Performance; Neo-assyrian ritual texts and the hebrew bible; Shema Prayer; ritual curse practice in the ancient near east; Covenant Code; ritual curse practice in the hebrew bible; Mount Ebal; Ceremonial performance in Deuteronomy; Oral Recitation; Ceremonial performance in scripture; Treaty Texts; Ceremonial performance in the hebrew bible; Eastern Treaties; Dead Sea Scrolls and deuteronomy; Incantation Rituals; Deuteronomy as Oral and Physical Performance; Ritual Performance; Deuteronomy and Incantation Rituals; Seventh Century BCE; Deuteronomy and Speech; Aural Reception; Deuteronomy and Ritual Writing; Ritual Material; Deuteronomic Composition and Ritual Enactment; Violate; European central bank; Mount Gerizim; Banking regulation; Exodus Community; Banking law; Private transactions; Modern banking law