    R I T U A L A N D W O R S H I P I N T H E H E B R E W B I B L E     ....................................................................................................................... RITUAL AND WORSHIP IN THE HEBREW BIBLE ....................................................................................................................... Edited by SAMUEL E. BALENTINE 1 3 OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford.Itfurthers theUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship,andeducation bypublishingworldwide.OxfordisaregisteredtrademarkofOxfordUniversity PressintheUKandcertainothercountries. PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY,UnitedStatesofAmerica. ©OxfordUniversityPress Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicense,orundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereproduction rightsorganization.Inquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove. Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Names:Balentine,SamuelE.(SamuelEugene),-editor. Title:TheOxfordHandbookofritualandworshipintheHebrewBible/ editedbySamuelE.Balentine. Description:.|NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress,[]|Series: OxfordHandbooksSeries|Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. Identifiers:LCCN(print)|LCCN(ebook)|ISBN (hardback)|ISBN(epub) Subjects:LCSH:WorshipintheBible.|Ritual–Biblicalteaching.|Bible. OldTestament–Criticism,interpretation,etc.|Israel—Religion. MiddleEast—Religion. Classification:LCCBS.WO(print)|LCCBS.W(ebook) |DDC./–dc LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/ LCebookrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/          PrintedbySheridanBooks,Inc.,UnitedStatesofAmerica.  C ............................................. ListofFigures ix ListofContributors xi . Introduction  S E.B PART I HISTORICAL CONTEXTS . MesopotamianReligion  TA . Ritualand Worshipin AncientEgypt  ET . The HittitesServe TheirGods  GB . Syria-Palestine: Worshipand Ritual  AC . The Greeks andTheir Rituals  BK PART II INTERPRETIVE APPROACHES . HistoryofReligion  LL. G . Rituals and RitualTheory:A MethodologicalEssay  IG . Socialand CulturalAnthropology  WK. G vi  PART III RITUAL ELEMENTS: PARTICIPANTS, PLACES, TIMES, OBJECTS, PRACTICES . God,Gods,and Humankind (Worldview)  FH . SacredSpaceand CommonSpace  MB.H . RitualExperts and Participantsinthe AncientNear  Eastand the HebrewBible TH . Sacredand RitualTimes  A R.D . RitualObjectsand Artifacts  RP.B . Ritualand ReligiousPractices  RE.G . RitualizingIconic JewishTexts  JW.W . RitualizingChristian Iconic Texts  D MP . RitualizingMuslim Iconic Texts  JS PART IV CULTURAL AND THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES . Sinand Expiation  DJ . Clean/Unclean,Pure/Impure, Holy/Profane  JD. L . Sickness and Healing  DR  vii . Deathand Afterlife  BB. S . DivinePresenceand Absence  AB PART V HISTORY OF INTERPRETATION . Ritualand Worshipat Qumran  EM. S . Influence onEarlyChristian Worship  P F.B . Ritualand Worshipin EarlyJudaism  JH. N . RabbinicJudaism  S C.R PART VI SOCIAL-CULTURAL FUNCTIONS . The PoliticsofWorship  WS. M . The Ethics ofWorship  ED . Socio-Religious Functionsof Worship  S L.C . The EconomicsofWorship inAncientIsrael and Judah  JS PART VII THEOLOGY AND THEOLOGICAL HERITAGE . RitualTheologyin/andBiblicalTheology  GK . Welcoming theSabbath onthe Kibbutzim:SecularReligiosity  DM viii  . OneGod,Multiple Rituals and Theologies:Christianity  RA. W . IslamicRitual  R G  Index    L F ....................................................................... .. KingRamessesIIpresentingafigureofMaat,thepersonificationoftruth andcosmicorder,tothegodAmun.Luxor,TempleofAmunatKarnak, reignofRamessesII(ca.).PhotographbyEmilyTeeter.  .. KingRamessesIVpresentingflowerstothegodKhonsu.Luxor, TempleofKhonsu,reignofRamessesIV(ca.).Photograph  byEmilyTeeter. .. Closeupofacherubimthrone,Ivoryplaque,Megiddo,LateBronzeAge. Source:J.M.LeMon,Yahweh’sWingedForminthePsalms:Exploring CongruentIconographyandTexts(OBT;Göttingen:Vandenhoeck &Ruprecht,),p.,fig...Usedwithpermissionoftheeditor  oftheseries. .. Scribeholdingscrolloversarcophagusinamodelofafuneraryboat fromthetombofDjehuty,ca.–.IntheMetropolitan  MuseumofArt,NewYork.PhotographbyJamesW.Watts. .. Reliefofwheeledark,ca.rdcentury.Intheruinsofthesynagogue  atKefer-Nahum/Capernaum,Israel.PhotographbyJamesW.Watts. .. GoldglassbowlfromRome,ca.–,showinganopenTorah arkwithscrollsonitsshelves.IntheMetropolitanMuseumofArt,  NewYork.PhotographbyJamesW.Watts. .. TorahscrollsinthearkoftheVilnaShul(synagogue)inBoston, Massachusetts,builtin.PhotographbyJamesW.Watts.  .. AstreetpreacherinSanFrancisco,CA,wavesaredleatherfloppyBible.  PhotographbyDorinaMillerParmenter. .. AdamandEvekneelinsupplicationbeforeathroneoccupiedbyan elaborateGospelcodex.DetailofLastJudgmentwallatTheCathedral ofSantaMariaAssunta,Torcello,Italy.Credit:Mosaïstesbyzantins—  LouisGabriel,Public. .. BiblestainedglasswindowatBayRidgeUnitedChurch,Brooklyn, NY.PhotobyRobertAdamskiviaWikimediaCommons  (croppedfromoriginal).