Israel in the Biblical period : institutions, festivals, ceremonies, rituals /

In this short, accessible and readable book, Professor Soggin gives an account of all the features of Israelite and Jewish religion in the biblical period. After a radical assessment of the nature of the sources and the problems of using them historically, he discusses the origin of monotheism and I...

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Main Author: Soggin, J. Alberto (Author)
Other Authors: Bowden, John (Translator)
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Language:English
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Published: Edinburgh : T & T Clark, 2001
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245 1 0 |a Israel in the Biblical period :  |b institutions, festivals, ceremonies, rituals /  |c J. Alberto Soggin ; translated by John Bowden. 
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505 0 |a 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. 
505 8 |a 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. 
505 8 |a 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. 
505 8 |a 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. 
505 8 |a 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. 
520 |a In this short, accessible and readable book, Professor Soggin gives an account of all the features of Israelite and Jewish religion in the biblical period. After a radical assessment of the nature of the sources and the problems of using them historically, he discusses the origin of monotheism and Israel''s belief in its one God Yahweh. Then follow accounts of the three most important features in Israelite religion: the Jerusalem temple and its worship, the covenant, and sacrifices. The main festivals are discussed and there are chapters on the sabbath and the new moon, the sabbatical year an. 
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