Ritual and Metaphor

Biographical note Table of contents

Publication Type:

Book

Pages, Illustrations:

xv, 175 pp.

Imprint:

BRILL

Language:

English

Biographical note

Christian A. Eberhart is Professor of New Testament Studies at Lutheran Theological Seminary Saskatoon and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Religion and Culture at the University of Saskatchewan. He is the author of Studien zur Bedeutung der Opfer im Alten Testament: Die Signifikanz von Blut- und Verbrennungsriten im kultischen Rahmen (Neukirchener) and The Sacrifice of Jesus: Understanding Atonement Biblically (Fortress). Eberhart is chair of the “Sacrifice, Cult, and Atonement” Annual Conference Program Unit of the Society of Biblical Literature.

List of Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction: Sacrifice in the Bible
Christian A. Eberhart

Part 1: Sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
1. The Rhetoric of Sacrifice
James W. Watts
2. Sacrifice? Holy Smokes! Reflections on Cult Terminology for Understanding Sacrifi ce in the Hebrew Bible
Christian A. Eberhart
3. The Place of Human Sacrifice in the Israelite Cult
Jason Tatlock
4. The Role of Sacrificial Language in Prophetic Rhetoric
Göran Eidevall

Part 2: Sacrifice in Early Christian Literature
5. Yom Kippuring Passover: Recombinant Sacrifi ce in Early Christianity
Jeffrey S. Siker
6. Spiritualization of Sacrifice in Paul and Hebrews
Stephen Finlan
7. Who Is Sacrificing? Assessing the Early Christian Reticence to Transfer the Idea of the Priesthood to the Community
Timothy Wardle
8. Spreading the Sweet Scent of the Gospel as the Cult of the Wise: On the Backdrop of the Olfactory Metaphor in 2 Corinthians 2:14–16
Dominika A. Kurek-ChomyczM
9. Sacrifice, Social Discourse, and Power
George Heyman
Conclusion
Christian A. Eberhart
List of Contributors
Index of Ancient Sources
Subject Index

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