Book Description

Title:

Sacrifices in Ancient Israel. Their Origin, Purposes and Development

Author:

William Oscar Emil Oesterley [1866–1950]

Publication Year:

1937

Location:

London

Publisher:

Hodder and Stoughton

Pages:

320

Subjects:

Old Testament, Sacrifice

Copyright Holder:

Public domain

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

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