Text and Concept in Leviticus 1: 1-9: A Case in Exegetical Method (Forschungen Zum Alten Testament) 3161458591, 9783161577963, 9783161458590

Table of contents :
Cover
Titel
Foreword
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction
§ 1 Lev 1:1–9 within 1:1–3:17
§ 2 Lev 1:2aα within 1:2–3:17
§ 3 Lev 1:2aβ + b and 3–9
§ 4 Style and theme in vv. 2aβ + b and 3–9
§ 5 Conceptual terminology
Excursus: אדם x 1:2 aβ
§ 6 The concept of the text, not of the performance
Excursus: Ritual in anthropology, structuralism, and exegesis
§ 7 The issue of presuppositions
§ 8 Lev 1:3–9. The relationship of protasis and apodosis
§ 9 The apodosis in 1:3aβ-bα
§ 10 The firm pressing down of the hand, Lev 1:4
§ 11a רצון – Favor
Excursus: The discussion about רצון
§ 12 Lev 1:5–9
§ 13 Specific aspects
1. Clusters of actions
2. The role of the actants
3. The distribution of the work
4. The quality of the acts
Excursus: The sacrificial quality of the blood-rite
5. The participants’ knowledge of the value system
Excursus: The position of v. 9a in the text
§ 14 The unity of the text
1. Direct signals
Excursus: עלה אשׁה ריח־ניחוח ליהוה
2. Indirect signals
Excursus: The altar
3. Conclusions
§ 15 The genre of the text
1. The discussion about “Ritual”
2. Prescription of ritual, as case law
§ 16 The purpose and setting of the text
1. Instruction?
2. Prescription for procedure
Postscript. On K. Koch’s “Alttestamentliche und altorientalische Rituale”
Bibliography
Indices
Scripture Index
Subject Index
Hebrew Word Index
Author Index