Ideology of Ritual: Space, Time and Status in the Priestly Theology
Overview
Ideology of Ritual: Space Time and Status in the Priestly Theology examines the traditions of Old Testament priestly practices from a methodological and narrative perspective. Gorman analyzes several Old Testament passages to discover the impact of ritual on Israelite culture and the priesthood.
- Includes indexes and a bibliography
Top Highlights
“In the Priestly writings the two most significant threats to order are sin and defilement” (Page 42)
“A central element of this theological complex is the idea that God brings into being and establishes order through speech. God spoke and brought into being the cosmological order in Gen. 1:1–2:4a. In a similar way, God spoke and brought into being the tabernacle cultic order in Exodus 25–31.” (Page 43)
“The following questions must be asked: What is the nature and function of ritual? What is the goal of the interpretation of rituals? What elements of the ritual need to be analyzed if the ritual is to be understood? What are the ways in which ritual may be interpreted?” (Page 13)
“This ritual was performed to help maintain and sustain the divinely created order and was, as such, a means by which humans participated in the maintenance of the divinely created order.” (Page 81)
“These chapters emphasize that the work was done in accord with what Yahweh had commanded Moses” (Page 48)
- Title: Ideology of Ritual: Space, Time and Status in the Priestly Theology
- Author: Frank H. Gorman, Jr.
- Publisher: Sheffield
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 264
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Cris Dickason
8/19/2017
Two things to note: in the "look Inside" preview there a typo in the 3rd paragraph of ch. 2 - in the preview. The Hebrew printed is bet-resh-lamed; it should be bet-dalet-lamed: >> One way in which this concern for order is expressed is through the use of the word ברל. << That's the option immediately under the book cover. But scrolling down in description is the old preview of pages that are a concatenation of scanned images of original book. NOTE: those are *not* pages from Gorman's book, rather they are from Priesthood and Cult in Ancient Israel, ed by Gary A. Anderson. unintentional for sure, but shoot, now I want both titles!
