''Grammar'' of Sacrifice - A Generativist Study of Israelite Sacrificial System in Priestly

Focusing on S¿the idealized sacrificial system represented in the Priestly laws in the Pentateuch¿this study demonstrates that a ritual system is describable in terms of a set of concise, unconsciously internalized, generative rules, analogous to the grammar of a natural language.

List of contents

• The "Grammar" of Sacrifice


• Preface


• 1: Introduction


• 2: Zoemics


• 3: Jugation


• 4: Hierarchics


• 5: Praxemics


• 6: Meaning


• 7: The Grammar of Sacrifice and the Sacrifice of Grammar


• Bibliography


• A Grammar of ¿


• Zoemics


• Jugation


• Hierarchics


• Praxemics

About the author

Naphtali S. Meshel is Assistant Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies at Princeton University.

Summary

Focusing on S--the idealized sacrificial system represented in the Priestly laws in the Pentateuch--this study demonstrates that a ritual system is describable in terms of a set of concise, unconsciously internalized, generative rules, analogous to the grammar of a natural language.

Additional text

[A] meticulous preparation of a "grammar" of the sacrificial system represented in biblical and post-biblical priestly texts (P), which he calls S. ... Devising such a system not only allows Meshel to update and revise our previous understanding of representations of biblical ritual and lexicography.

Product details

• Authors: Naphtali S. Meshel, Naphtali S. (Assistant Professor of Religi Meshel, Naphtali S. (Assistant Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies Meshel, Meshel Naphtali S.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2014
• EAN: 9780198705567
• ISBN: 978-0-19-870556-7
• No. of pages: 298
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Judaism / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Judaism / Talmud, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice, RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General, Christianity, Judaism, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Judaism: Sacred Texts, Judaism: worship, rites & ceremonies, Biblical exegesis & hermeneutics