TY - BOOK AU - Bergen,Wesley J TI - Reading ritual: Leviticus in postmodern culture T2 - Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series SN - 9780567524430 AV - BS1255 PY - 2005/// CY - London, New York PB - T and T Clark International KW - Bible KW - O.T KW - Leviticus I-VII KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Sacrifice KW - Biblical teaching KW - Ritual KW - Postmodernism KW - Electronic books N1 - 1 (pages 124.-136) and index; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Animal Sacrifice Today; Chapter 3 Sacrificing for the Team: Leviticus 4 and the Church of Monday Night Football; Chapter 4 Ritual Sacrifice in Leviticus, Africa, and North America; Chapter 5 Blood Sacrifice in the United States; Chapter 6 The Afterlife of Leviticus 1-7 in the Church; Chapter 7 Leviticus 7: A Commentary in Three Voices; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; 2 N2 - This book draws on a variety of disciplines to undertake a unique analysis of Leviticus 1-7. Rather than studying the rituals prescribed in Leviticus as arcane historical/theological texts of little interest to the modern reader, or as examples of primitive rituals that have no parallel in Western society, this book provides many points of contact between animal sacrifice rituals and various parts of post-modern society. Modern rituals such as Monday Night Football, eating fast food, sending sons and daughters off to war, and even the rituals of modern academia are contrasted with the text of UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=243992 ER -