Language:
German
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Vetus Testamentum
Angaben zur Quelle:
71,1 (2021) 27-47
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Abstraction
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Sacrifice Biblical teaching
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Prayer Judaism
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History
Abstract:
In the ancient near East, including ancient Israel, the material value of sacrifice was held in high esteem. In the sacrificial system of Leviticus 1-5, however, we find modes of abstraction from the material value of offerings which have parallels to the invention of money in ancient Greece. Here, money as an accepted medium of exchange, was invented with the value of the coin not totally dependent on its metal weight. While in ancient Greece this form of abstraction developed in the economic sphere, in ancient Israel it developed in the religious sphere and paved the way to regard prayers or confessions of faith as equivalent substitutions of material sacrifice.
DOI:
10.1163/15685330-12341441
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