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Book Description

Title:
Sacrifices in Ancient Israel. Their Origin, Purposes and Development
Author:
Publication Year:
Location:
London
Publisher:
Hodder and Stoughton
Pages:
320
Subjects:
Old Testament, Sacrifice
Copyright Holder:
Public domain

William Oscar Emil Oesterley [1866–1950], Sacrifices in Ancient Israel. Their Origin Purposes and Development

Table of Contents

  • Prefatory Note
  1. Introductory: Theories of Sacrifice
  2. Sacrifices among Uncultered Peoples
    • Sacrifices as Gifts to Supernatural Powers
    • Sacrifices as a Means of Communion
    • Sacrifices as a Means of Giving Life
    • Human Sacrifice
  3. Sacrifices among the Semites
    • Sacrifices among the Ancient Arabs
    • Sacrifices among the Babylonians and Assyrians
    • Sacrifices among the Syrians and Canaanites
  4. Ritual and Sacrifice
  5. Sacrifices Among the Israelites: Technical Terms
  6. Sacrifices among the Israelites: The Nomadic Period
    • Gift-sacrifices
    • Communion-sacrifices
    • Sacrifices as a Means of Liberating Life
  7. Sacrifices among the Israelites: The Agricultural Period (1)
  8. Sacrifices among the Israelites: The Agricultural Period (2)
    • Gift-sacrifices (1)
    • Sacrifices and Oblations as Gifts to Yahweh
  9. Sacrifices among the Israelites: The Agricultural Period (3)
    • Cultural Period (3)
    • Guilt-sacrifices (2)
  10. Sacrifices among the Israelites: The Agricultural Period (4)
    • Communion-sacrifices
  11. The Attitude of the Prophets towards Sacrifices (Pre-exilic)
    • Sacrifices as the Means of Liberating Life
  12. The Sacrificial System during the Post-Exilic Period
  13. The Attitude of the Prophets towards Sacrifices (Exilic and Post-Exilic)
  14. Sacrifices in Post-Exilic Time: Post-biblical, Pre-Christian Literature
  15. The Jewish Sacrificial System and the Teaching of Jesus Christ
  16. The Atonement
  • Index of Modern Writers
  • Index of Biblical and Post-Biblical Writers
  • General Index