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| Title: The Temple of Jesus. His Sacrificial Program Within a Cultural History of Sacrifice Type: Book Year: 1992 Abstract: "Chilton, professor of religion at Bard College in Annandale on Hudson, NY, first examines anthropologies of sacrifice and the anti-anthropological challenge of R. Girard, and constructs a typology of sacrifice applicable to cultural history generally. Then he explores the prescriptive schemes of sacrifice in the OT (Ezekiel 40-48, Leviticus 1-5, Deuteronomy 16) and the cultic program described by Josephus. Finally he examines Jesus' approach to sacrifice with reference to his occupation of the Temple, his sacrificial program, and the meaning of his last meals with his disciples. Also included are an epilogue on two priesthoods of an absent Temple and three appendixes (on Girard' s approach, two recent ethnographic theories of sacrifice, and Jesus' program within early rabbinic pluralism). Chilton contends that Jesus' distinctiveness in this area lay in connecting the eschatological program of Zechariah with inclusive definitions of purity and forgiveness, with the issue of how sacrifices were to be offered, and with his own ministry". Keywords: New Testament / Early Christianity |