The Politics of Worship
Cases of politically oriented rituals used to maintain the kingdom of Judah and its successor societies are surveyed from the beginning of the Davidic monarchy through to the Hasmonaean era. Preference is given to the concept of “national religion” instead of “official” or “state religion” to descri...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2020
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The Oxford handbook of ritual and worship in the Hebrew Bible
Year: 2020, Pages: 426-443 |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | Cases of politically oriented rituals used to maintain the kingdom of Judah and its successor societies are surveyed from the beginning of the Davidic monarchy through to the Hasmonaean era. Preference is given to the concept of “national religion” instead of “official” or “state religion” to describe attempts to centralize worship on Jerusalem during this period. Challenges were posed to these efforts by Judah’s internal religious pluralism. Social configurations at the family and local levels were maintained by forms of worship not always amenable to subordination to centralized authority. After a general discussion of the concept of political rituals, interactions between the impulse towards a national religion and forms of family and local cultic practices are described. The ideology of kingship (especially in the royal psalms), and the politics of sacrifice in the post-exilic era receive particular attention. |
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| ISBN: | 0190944935 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Oxford handbook of ritual and worship in the Hebrew Bible
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190222116.013.27 |