{"product_id":"rites-and-rank-hierarchy-in-biblical-representations-of-cult-hardcover","title":"Rites and Rank: Hierarchy in Biblical Representations of Cult - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSaul M. Olyan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGood and evil, clean and unclean, rich and poor, self and other. The nature and function of such binary oppositions have long intrigued scholars in such fields as philosophy, linguistics, classics, and anthropology. From the opening chapters of Genesis, in which God separates day from night, and Adam and Eve partake of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, dyadic pairs proliferate throughout the Hebrew Bible. In this groundbreaking work melding critical exegesis and contemporary theory, Saul M. Olyan considers the prevalence of polarities in biblical discourse and expounds their significance for the social and religious institutions of ancient Israel. Extant biblical narrative and legal texts reveal a set of socially constructed and culturally privileged binary oppositions, Olyan argues, which instigate and perpetuate hierarchical social relations in ritual settings such as the sanctuary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Focusing on four binary pairs--holy\/common, Israelite\/alien, clean\/unclean, and whole\/blemished--Olyan shows how these privileged oppositions were used to restrict access to cultic spaces, such as the temple or the Passover table. These ritual sites, therefore, became the primary contexts for creating and recreating unequal social relations. Olyan also uncovers a pattern of challenge to the established hierarchies by nonprivileged groups. Converging with contemporary issues of power, marginalization, and privileging, Olyan's painstaking yet lucid study abounds with implications for anthropology, classics, critical theory, and feminist studies.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This study is clearly written, well researched, and methodologically up-to-date. [Olyan] has given painstaking attention to textual details, yet has succeeded in presenting the results in a manner that helps the reader to assemble these details into comprehensible notions. He is also sensitive to the complexities of social differentiation in ancient Israel. Olyan has presented us with an excellent scholarly achievement on a par with his previous studies.\"\u003cb\u003e--Douglas Knight, Vanderbilt University Divinity School.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaul M. Olyan\u003c\/b\u003e is Dorot Professor of Judaic Studies, Professor of Religious Studies, and Director of the Program in Judaic Studies at Brown University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Thousands Served Him: Exegesis and the Naming of Angels in Ancient Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAsherah and the Cult of Yahweh in Israel\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 194\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9.51 x 6.47 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53377923154227,"sku":"9780691029481","price":179.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/SWqKxZO2Hg9780691029481.webp?v=1779330404","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/rites-and-rank-hierarchy-in-biblical-representations-of-cult-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}