Beihefte zur zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche wissenschaft ; Bd. 344
Print version: Janzen, David, 1968- Social meanings of sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible. Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, [2004] xii, 300 pages ; 24 cm. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 344. ISBN 9783110181586
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- The rhetorics of ritual -- Ritual and ritualized morality -- Theology, worldview, and ideology -- The study of sacrifice in biblical studies -- Sacrifice in the priestly writing -- Sacrifice and the king in the Deuteronomistic history -- Perfect slaughter : sacrifice as warning and promise in the Deuteronomistic history -- Sacrifice as cultic expression of the law : social and geographic separation in Ezra-Nehemiah -- Rest, peace, and quiet : sacrifice in Chronicles -- Conclusion: Sacrifice, God, and the people.