New Perspectives on Ritual in the Biblical World - (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

Book Synopsis

This volume presents a range of methodologically innovative treatments on ritual action in the Hebrew Bible. They treat a diverse range of ritual phenomena, including space, blessings and oath-taking, from the world of ancient Israel and Judah.

The introduction engages with the dominant scholarly models drawn from ritual theory, and the volume explores their applicability to ancient textual material such as the Hebrew Bible. The chapters reflect high-level specialized engagement with specific ritual phenomena through the lens of appropriate theoretical and methodological approaches.

Review Quotes

"The many areas of discussion and ways in which text, theory, and comparative material are drawn together are testaments to how ritual and the study of biblical texts are mutually illuminating...the authors and editors have provided a welcome, diverse, and insightful contribution to biblical and ritual studies." --Samuel Boyd, University of Colorado, USA, Review of Biblical Literature

"This volume offers a wonderful set of essays that further explore ideas of ritual in the HB, across a variety of genres." --Dr Joseph Scales, The Society for Old Testament Study Book List

"This excellent collection of thirteen essays on ritual in the biblical world ... succeeds in its goal of showing the necessity of multiple methodologies for interpreting ritual texts in the Bible ... Scholars of ritual and religion in the Bible, ancient Israel, and the ancient Near East will benefit from reading this volume and would do well to imitate its interdisciplinary commitment." --Andrew R. Davis, Boston College, USA, Orientalia

About the Author

Laura Quick is Assistant Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies at Princeton University, USA.

Melissa Ramos is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, George Fox University, USA.