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Sacrificial rhetoric in the prophetic literature of the Hebrew Bible / Göran Eidevall ; with a foreword by Tryggve N.D. Mettinger.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 256 pages)Content type:
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  • 9780773412071
  • 0773412077
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sacrificial rhetoric in the prophetic literature of the Hebrew Bible.DDC classification:
  • 224/.064 23
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  • BS1199.S2 E33 2012eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Aim and Scope of the Investigation; Aim; Scope; Chapter 2: The Prophets and the Cult; Prophets in the cult; The debate over prophetic attitudes to the cult; The ""total rejection"" view; Various ""limited criticism"" views; The ""total but situational rejection"" view; Outline of a new approach; Chapter 3: The role of sacrifice; Three theories; Sacrifice as a means to bring about expiation?; Gifts to the god(s) or divine-human communion?; Reciprocity and sacrifice
Defining the function of the sacrificial system The phenomenon of rejected sacrifice; Chapter 4: Perspectives on prophets and prophetic books; Dissidents or defenders of status quo?; The production of prophetic books; Chapter 5: Analyzing prophetic argumentation; Sacrifice and rhetoric; What kind of rhetorical criticism?; Outline of a method; Chapter 6: Cult-critical passages; Isa 1:10-17; Jer 6:20; Jer 7:21; An excursus on Jer 11:15; Jer 14:11-12; Hos 6:6; Hos 8:11-13; Amos 4:45-5; Amos 5:21-24; Micah 6:6-8; Mal 1:6-14; A Special case: Mal 1:11; Conclusions
Chapter 7: Visions of life without sacrifice Isa 43:22-24; Jer 7:22; Hos 3:4; Hos 9:4a; Amos 5:25; Conclusions; Chapter 8: Prophetic texts promoting sacrifice; Isa 19:19-22; Isa 56:6-7; Isa 60:7; Jer 17:26; Jer 33:10-11; Jer 33:18; Ezek 20:40; References to sacrificial cult in Ezekiel 40-48; Joel 1:9, 13, 2:14; An excursus on Nahum 2:1; Zeph 3:10; Zech 14:20-21; Mal 3:3-4; Conclusions; Chapter 9: Summary and discussion; Bibliography; Index of biblical texts
Summary: It addresses a problem that has created much scholarly controversy, namely the different attitudes in the prophetic literature of the Hebrew Bible towards the sacrificial cult. This controversy is the subject of debate because the interpretation of sacrificial rituals is still disputed. Even more disputed is the literature of its criticism in prophetic literature. It has been suggested that the prophetic "No!" to sacrifices that can be heard in some passages of the Hebrew Bible was not meant in an absolute sense. This book discusses the nuances of how to interpret the prophetic tendencies towa.
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It addresses a problem that has created much scholarly controversy, namely the different attitudes in the prophetic literature of the Hebrew Bible towards the sacrificial cult. This controversy is the subject of debate because the interpretation of sacrificial rituals is still disputed. Even more disputed is the literature of its criticism in prophetic literature. It has been suggested that the prophetic "No!" to sacrifices that can be heard in some passages of the Hebrew Bible was not meant in an absolute sense. This book discusses the nuances of how to interpret the prophetic tendencies towa.

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Aim and Scope of the Investigation; Aim; Scope; Chapter 2: The Prophets and the Cult; Prophets in the cult; The debate over prophetic attitudes to the cult; The ""total rejection"" view; Various ""limited criticism"" views; The ""total but situational rejection"" view; Outline of a new approach; Chapter 3: The role of sacrifice; Three theories; Sacrifice as a means to bring about expiation?; Gifts to the god(s) or divine-human communion?; Reciprocity and sacrifice

Defining the function of the sacrificial system The phenomenon of rejected sacrifice; Chapter 4: Perspectives on prophets and prophetic books; Dissidents or defenders of status quo?; The production of prophetic books; Chapter 5: Analyzing prophetic argumentation; Sacrifice and rhetoric; What kind of rhetorical criticism?; Outline of a method; Chapter 6: Cult-critical passages; Isa 1:10-17; Jer 6:20; Jer 7:21; An excursus on Jer 11:15; Jer 14:11-12; Hos 6:6; Hos 8:11-13; Amos 4:45-5; Amos 5:21-24; Micah 6:6-8; Mal 1:6-14; A Special case: Mal 1:11; Conclusions

Chapter 7: Visions of life without sacrifice Isa 43:22-24; Jer 7:22; Hos 3:4; Hos 9:4a; Amos 5:25; Conclusions; Chapter 8: Prophetic texts promoting sacrifice; Isa 19:19-22; Isa 56:6-7; Isa 60:7; Jer 17:26; Jer 33:10-11; Jer 33:18; Ezek 20:40; References to sacrificial cult in Ezekiel 40-48; Joel 1:9, 13, 2:14; An excursus on Nahum 2:1; Zeph 3:10; Zech 14:20-21; Mal 3:3-4; Conclusions; Chapter 9: Summary and discussion; Bibliography; Index of biblical texts