| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 257 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : ritual text and ritual interpretation -- The rhetoric of ritual instruction -- The rhetoric of burnt offerings -- The rhetoric of sin, guilt, and ritual offerings -- The rhetoric of ritual narrative -- The rhetoric of atonement -- The rhetoric priesthood -- The rhetoric of sacrifice -- The rhetoric of Scripture. |
| Summary |
Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus uses rhetorical analysis to expose the motives behind the writing of the central book of the Torah/Pentateuch and its persuasive function in ancient Judaism. The answer to the question, 'who was trying to persuade whom of what by writing these texts?' proves to be quite consistent throughout Leviticus 1-16: Aaronide high priests and their supporters used this book to legitimize their monopoly over the ritual offerings of Jews and Samaritans. With this priestly rhetoric at its center, the Torah supported the rise to power of two priestly dynasties in Second Temple Judaism. Their ascendancy in turn elevated the prestige and rhetorical power to the book, making it the first real scripture in Near Eastern and Western religious traditions. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bible. Leviticus -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Leviticus. |
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Bible. Leviticus -- Language, style.
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Language and languages -- Style. |
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Bible. Leviticus. |
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Cohanim.
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Cohanim. |
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Ritual.
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Ritual. |
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Purity, Ritual -- Judaism.
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Purity, Ritual -- Judaism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Watts, James W. (James Washington), 1960- Ritual and rhetoric in Leviticus. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521871938 (DLC) 2006034240 |
| ISBN |
9780511499159 (electronic book) |
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0511499159 (electronic book) |
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9780511296673 (electronic book) |
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0511296673 (electronic book) |
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0511295928 (electronic book) |
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9780511295928 (electronic book) |
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052187193X (Cloth) |
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9780521871938 (hardback) |
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9786610959815 |
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6610959811 |
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