{"product_id":"temples-and-temple-service-in-ancient-israel-an-inquiry-into-biblical-cult-phenomena-and-the-historical-setting-of-the-priestly-school-9781575061856","title":"Temples and Temple-Service in Ancient Israel: An Inquiry into Biblical Cult Phenomena and the Historical Setting of the Priestly School","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis milestone study is a thorough examination of the various cultic and social phenomena connected with the temple—activities connected with the temple’s inner sphere and belonging to the priestly circle. The book also seeks to demonstrate the antiquity and the historical timing of the literary crystallization of the priestly material found in the Pentateuch. Contents: Prologue, The Israelite Temples, Temples and Open Sacred Places, The Priesthood and the Tribe of Levi, The Aaronites and the Rest of the Levitical Tribe, The Distribution of the Levitical Tribe, The Centralizations of the Cult, The Priestly Image of the Tabernacle, Grades of Sanctity in the Tabernacle, Temple and Tabernacle, The Ritual Complex Performed Inside the Temple, Incense of the Court and of the Temple Interior, The Symbols of the Inner Sanctum, The Non-Priestly Image of the Tent of Mo’ed, The Emptying of the Inner Sanctum, Pilgrim-Feasts and Family Festivals, and The Passover Sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Maps and Figures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI. PROLOGUE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. THE ISRAELITE TEMPES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTemples and Altars\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe High-Places\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Distribution of the Israelite Temples\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. TEMPLES AND OPEN SACRED PLACES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Temples of Jerusalem and Later Temples\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Cultic Open Areas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIV. THE PRIESTHOOD AND THE TRIBE OF LEVI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Prerogative of Priesthood and the Levitical Status\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Viewpoint of J and E\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Historical Aspect\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Levitical Priests in Historical Reality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eV. THE AARONITES AND THE REST OF THE LEVITICAL TRIBE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Aaronic Group—its Range and Position\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Non-Priestly Levites in Pre Exilic Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Jerusalemite Priesthood and the House of Aaron\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Levites of Ezekiel’s Code and in Post-Exilic Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVI. THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE LEVITICAL TRIBE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Critical Views\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Distinguishing Features of the Levitical Cities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween Utopia and Historical Reality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVII. THE CENTRALIZATIONS OF THE CULT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Distinguishing Features of the Two Reforms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ideological Background of Hezekiah’s Reform\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Time-Span of the Priestly School\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVIII. THE PRIESTLY IMAGE OF THE TABERNACLE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Form\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Material Gradation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Priestly Vestments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIX. GRADES OF SANCTITY IN THE TABERNACLE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Prohibitions of Touch and Sight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Prohibition of Approach and the Court Area\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Lethal Aura Surrounding the Holiness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eX. TEMPLE AND TABERNACLE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProjections of the Temple\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Priestly Tradition and the Uniqueness of the Tabernacle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Object of the Temple Legend\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXI. THE RITUAL COMPLEX PERFORMED INSIDE THE TEMPLE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Cultic Gradation and the Ritual of Tamid\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRites Performed within the Temple\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Unity of the Complex of Inner Rites\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pre-Biblical Origins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurther Corollaries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXII. INCENSE OF THE COURT AND OF THE TEMPLE INTERIOR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Censer Incense and the Antiquity of its Cultic Use\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Altar Incense\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXIII. THE SYMBOLS OF THE INNER SANCTUM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Two Symbols\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Symbol of the Throne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Footstool and the Variations in the Form of the Cherubim\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXIV. THE NON-PRIESTLY IMAGE OF THE TENT OF MO’ED\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Distinguished Features of ‘Ohel Mo’ed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Tent of Mo’ed and the Temple\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXV. THE EMPTYING OF THE INNER SANCTUM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Acts of Manasseh and their Impact\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVessels of the Sanctums and of the Temple Treasuries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXVI. PILGRIM-FEASTS AND FAMILY FESTIVALS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Three Pilgrim-Feasts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Hag and the Exodus Stories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Yearly Family Sacrifice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Yearly Banquet and Other Family Feasts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXVII. THE PASSOVER SACRIFICE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDistinguishing Features and Supposed Origin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Problem of the Passover’s Antiquity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ancient Injunctions Concerning the Passover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Passover as a Temple Sacrifice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGLOSSARY OF BIBLICAL TERMS AND PHRASES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSUBJECT INDEX\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53188733305175,"sku":"9781575061856","price":42.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/temples-and-temple-service-in-ancient-israel-an-inquiry-into-biblical-cult-phenomena-and-the-historical-setting-of-the-priestly-school-9781575061856","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}