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Ritual Dynamic Structure / Roy E. Gane.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Gorgias Studies in ReligionPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (420 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781463204006
  • 9781463236434
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Abstract -- Introduction -- 1. “Intrinsic Activity” Perspective -- 2. “Cognitive Task” Perspective -- 3. “Ritual Syntax” Perspective -- 4. Israelite “Day of Atonement” -- 5. Babylonian New Year Festival, Fifth Day -- 6. Hittite Telipinu Festival, Fourth Day -- 7. Ritual Complexes -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Critique of Hubert and Mauss -- Appendix II: The Ninth Year Telipinu Festival -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical Sources -- Index of Rabbinic Sources -- General Index
Summary: The present work takes up the neglected quest for a theory of ritual and methodology of analysis that recognizes and traces the contours of ritual dynamic structure. The resulting fresh approach provides a controlled framework for interpreting rituals belonging to various cultures and for identifying bases of comparison between them. The first part builds a theory and definition of ritual and a corresponding methodology for analyzing specific rituals in terms of their activities and the meanings attached to those activities. The second part illustrates this methodology and its usefulness for comparative studies by applying it to ceremonies of cult purification in the ancient Near East.
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Abstract -- Introduction -- 1. “Intrinsic Activity” Perspective -- 2. “Cognitive Task” Perspective -- 3. “Ritual Syntax” Perspective -- 4. Israelite “Day of Atonement” -- 5. Babylonian New Year Festival, Fifth Day -- 6. Hittite Telipinu Festival, Fourth Day -- 7. Ritual Complexes -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Critique of Hubert and Mauss -- Appendix II: The Ninth Year Telipinu Festival -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical Sources -- Index of Rabbinic Sources -- General Index

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The present work takes up the neglected quest for a theory of ritual and methodology of analysis that recognizes and traces the contours of ritual dynamic structure. The resulting fresh approach provides a controlled framework for interpreting rituals belonging to various cultures and for identifying bases of comparison between them. The first part builds a theory and definition of ritual and a corresponding methodology for analyzing specific rituals in terms of their activities and the meanings attached to those activities. The second part illustrates this methodology and its usefulness for comparative studies by applying it to ceremonies of cult purification in the ancient Near East.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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