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The "Grammar" of Sacrifice: A Generativist Study of the Israelite Sacrificial System in the Priestly Writings with The "Grammar" of Σ
Author(s): Naphtali S. Meshel (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: September 30, 2014
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 298 pages
- ISBN-10: 0198705565
- ISBN-13: 9780198705567
Book Description
Focusing on Σ–the idealized sacrificial system represented in the Priestly laws in the Pentateuch–this study demonstrates that a ritual system is describable in terms of a set of concise, unconsciously internalized, generative rules, analogous to the grammar of a natural language.
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Naphtali S. Meshel is Assistant Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies at Princeton University.
About the Author
Naphtali S. Meshel is Assistant Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies at Princeton University.
