The Ideology of Ritual: Space, Time and Status in the Priestly Theology
By (Author) Frank H. Gorman
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Sheffield Academic Press
1st November 2009
NIPPOD
United Kingdom
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Christianity
Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts
222
Paperback
259
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
404g
For the Priestly writers, ritual was a fundamental form of theological reflection. This study analyses the conceptual categories of space, time and status in an effort to clarify the larger cultural and conceptual categories operative in the Priestly ritual system. Drawing on interpretative models derived from cultural anthropology, the author argues that Priestly creation theology forms a necessary context for understanding the Priestly rituals.