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CAMBRIDGE Sacrifice and Gender in Biblical Law 2013 Edition by Nicole J. Ruane
This book examines the Hebrew Bible's numerous laws about sacrificial procedure to understand the significance of gender in sacrificial rituals and the reasons that gender distinctions are so vital in these acts. Gender selection of both victims and participants is an intrinsic aspect of the nature and purpose of each rite, affecting its form and function, as well as its legitimacy. Sacrifice and Gender in Biblical Law considers the laws of the firstborn, the rite of the red cow, laws of slaughter, rituals of purification, and other offerings. It shows that these laws regulate material wealth and contribute to the construction of social roles. Table of contents :- 1. Introduction; 2. Women's sacrificial roles in biblical law; 3. The gendered victimology of animal offerings; 4. Milk, meat, and mothers: the exclusion of mothers from sacrifice in cultic food laws; 5. Death and the female: the sacred impurity of the red cow; 6. Impurity and the creation of difference; 7. Fathers and firstlings; 8. Conclusion: child sacrifice and animal sacrifice.