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Violent Rituals of the Hebrew Bible

by Saul M. Olyan (samuel Ungerleider Jr. Professor Of Judaic Studies And Professor Of Religious Studies, Samuel Ungerleider Jr. Professor Of Judaic Studies And Professor Of Religious Studies, Brown University)

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 16.4 x 23.6 x 1.8 cm

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Although seldom studied by biblical scholars as a discrete phenomenon, ritual violence is mentioned frequently in biblical texts, and includes ritual actions such as disfigurement of corpses, destruction or scattering of bones removed from a tomb, stoning and other forms of public execution, cursing, forced depilation, the legally-sanctioned imposition of physical defects on living persons, coerced potion-drinking, sacrificial burning of animals and humans, forced stripping and exposure of the genitalia, and mass eradication of populations. This book, the first to focus on ritual violence in the Hebrew Bible, investigates these and other violent rites, the ritual settings in which they occur, their various literary contexts, and the identity and aims of their agents in order to speak in an informed way about the contours and social aspects of ritual violence as it is represented in the Hebrew Bible.
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  • Author

    Saul M. Olyan (samuel Ungerleider Jr. Professor Of Judaic Studies And Professor Of Religious Studies, Samuel Ungerleider Jr. Professor Of Judaic Studies And Professor Of Religious Studies, Brown University)

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    November 2019

  • Weight

    420g

  • Dimensions

    16.4 x 23.6 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780190681906

  • ISBN-10

    019068190X

  • Eden Code

    5060711

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