Ritual Dynamic Structure /

Gane, Roy E.,

Ritual Dynamic Structure / [print] Roy E. Gane. - Piscataway, New Jersey : Gorgias Press, (c)2004. - xx, 398 pages : charts ; 24 cm

Introduction "Intrinsic activity" perspective "Cognitive task" perspective "Ritutal Syntax" perspective Israelite "Day of Atonement" Babylonian New Year Festival, fifth day Hittite Telipinu Festival, fourth day Ritual Complexes Conclusion.






Roy Gane (PhD, University of California, Berkeley) is professor of Hebrew Bible and ancient near eastern languages at the Theological Seminary of Andrews University. He is author of a number of scholarly articles and several books including God's Faulty Heroes (Review Herald, 1996-on the biblical book of Judges), Altar Call (Diadem, 1999-on the Israelite sanctuary services and their meaning for Christians), Ritual Dynamic Structure (Gorgias Press, 2004), Leviticus, Numbers (NIV Application Commentary; Zondervan, 2004), and Cult and Character: Purification Offerings, Day of Atonement, and Theodicy (Eisenbrauns, 2005), as well as the Leviticus portion of the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary on the Old Testament (forthcoming). Dr. Gane and his wife, Connie Clark Gane, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in Mesopotamian archaeology at the University of California, Berkeley, have one daughter, Sarah Elizabeth.

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Religious Studies.

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