Israel in the Biblical period : institutions, festivals, ceremonies, rituals /: institutions, festivals, ceremonies, rituals. (2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: J. Alberto Soggin ; translated by John Bowden.
• Authors: Soggin, J. Alberto
• Other Names: Bowden, John translator.
• Contents: Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. The Traditional Version of the Origins of Israel and Monotheism; 1.1 The traditional version; 1.2 An ''ideological'' reconstruction; 2. The Context: Syria and Canaan at the End of the Second Millennium BCE; 2.1 Political and religious characteristics; 2.2 Ethnic origins; 3. The Deuteronomistic History; 3.1 The Deuteronomic history in the Hebrew Bible; 3.2 Origins of the Deuteronomistic history; 3.3 Historiographical criteria; 3.4 Regaining perspective; 4. The State of the Question; 4.1 Traditional lines of historical reconstruction. 4.2 The lack of reliable sources before the late pre-exilic period5. Polytheism in Ancient Israel?; 5.1 Deuteronomy 32.8-9; 5.2 Other references in the Hebrew Bible; 5.3 A non-''exclusive'' monotheism; 5.4 Non-biblical references; 5.5 Canaanite influence; 6. The Sanctuaries: The Jerusalem Temple; 6.1 The sanctuaries of Israel; 6.2 The Jerusalem Temple; 6.3 The temple of Leontopolis; 6.4 The temple on Mount Gerizim; 7. Monotheism; 7.1 Monotheism and agricultural cycles; 7.2 Absolute monotheism and the creator God; 7.3 The mission among the pagans; 7.4 The monotheistic confession of Israel. 7.5 Persian influence8. Other Relevant Elements: The Covenant; 8.1 The concept of the ''covenant''; 8.2 Characteristics of the covenant; 8.3 The bilateral nature of the covenant; 8.4 Jeremiah; 8.5 Ezekiel; 8.6 Deutero-and Trito-Isaiah; 8.7 The Pentateuch; 8.8 Chronicles; 8.9 Circumcision; 9. Other Relevant Elements: The Cult and Sacrifices; 9.1 The cult; 9.2 Cult and ethics; 9.3 The conservative function of the cult; 9.4 Cult and centralization; 9.5 The sacrifices; 10. Festivals and Holy Days: Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread; 10.1 Passover; 10.2 The Feast of Unleavened Bread. 10.3 The calendar10.4 Historicization; 10.5 A God who frees; 11. Festivals and Holy Days: The Feast of Weeks; 11.1 The origin of the feast; 11.2 Characteristics of the feast; 11.3 Pentecost; 12. Festivals and Holy Days: The Great Autumn Festival; 12.1 A composite festival; 12.2 Characteristics of the festival; 12.3 The Feast of ''Booths''; 12.4 The New Year Festival; 12.5 The Day of Atonement; 12.6 Functions of the king; 12.7 The feast of the ''enthronement of Yahweh''; 13. Festivals and Holy Days: Purim and Hanukkah; 13.1 The feast of Purim; 13.2 The feast of Hanukkah. 14. Festivals and Holy Days: The Sabbath and the New Moon14.1 The sabbath; 14.2 The origin of the sabbath; 14.3 The sabbath in Middle Judaism; 15. Festivals and Holy Days: The Sabbatical Year and the Year of Jubilee; 15.1 The sabbatical year; 15.2 The origin of the sabbatical year; 15.3 YHWH the sole owner of the earth; 15.4 The emancipation of the slave for debt; 15.5 Not put into practice; 15.6 References from the Hellenistic era; 15.7 Attestations of the sabbatical year; 15.8 The year of jubilee; 15.9 Difficulties connected with the practice of the year of jubilee.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : T & T Clark
• Publication Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Subjects: 296.4; Public worship in the Bible; Theology; Jews; Judaism; Judaïsme -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 70; Juifs -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 70; Jews; Judaism; Public worship in the Bible; Theology; Oude Testament; Feestdagen; Riten; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567396693
• Related ISBNs: 056739669X; 9780567088116; 0567088111
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 16, 2014).
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