Janzen, David,  1968- <br/><br/>
The social meanings of sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible :  a study of four writings / 
David Janzen. 
 - Berlin ;  New York :  W. de Gruyter,  c2004. 
 - xii, 300 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - Beihefte zur zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche wissenschaft ;  Bd. 344 .
 - Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ;  344. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>3110181584 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004010731 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sacrifice--Biblical teaching.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1199.S2  / J36 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.4/92