Rituals and ritual theory in ancient Israel - Gruenwald, Ithamar (Brill, 2003)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-274) and index
Preface; Chapter One: Rituals and Ritual Theory -- Introductory Remarks; Chapter Two: Economic Ethos and Rituals in the Religion of Ancient Israel; Chapter Three: The Relevance of Myth for the Understanding of Ritual in Ancient Judaism; Chapter Four: In Quest of New Perspectives in Religious Studies: Halakhah and the Study of Rituals; Chapter Five: Sacrifices in Biblical Literature and Ritual Theory; Chapter Six: The "Lord's Supper" and Ritual Theory; Bibliography; Index
This work covers the issues of rituals and their embedded ritual theory in the religion of ancient Israel. It states that rituals are an autonomous form of expression of the human mind. It argues that the ritual theory is not in any general theory of ritual but embedded in the ritual act itself