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Blood ritual in the Hebrew Bible : meaning and power

Title

Blood ritual in the Hebrew Bible : meaning and power / William K. Gilders.

Author

Gilders, William K., 1967-

Publication

Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, c2004.

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x, 260 p.; 24 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-247) and indexes.

Contents

I. The identification of blood with "life": a conceptual foundation? -- II. Cultic blood manipulation: an entry to the textual corpus -- III. The blood of the burnt offering -- IV. Blood manipulation in the sacrifice of well-being, the ordination offering, and the reparation offering -- V. The Hattat blood manipulations in P -- VI. Blood manipulation in Ezekiel and 2 Chronicles -- VII. Leviticus 17:11 and the power of blood.

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