The Temple of Jesus: His Sacrificial Program Within a Cultural History of Sacrifice

by Bruce Chilton

The first study to develop a theory of sacrifice and then apply it to the sources of early Judaism as well as Jesus s activity.Ritual sacrifice was one of the greatest concerns and most widely shared activities among Jews prior to the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. There is therefore a pressing need for systematic understanding of sacrifice, both as an element of Judaic religion and a context for Jesus s activity. The Temple of Jesus provides...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271008245
• ISBN13: 9780271008240
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.