Blood ritual in the Hebrew Bible : meaning and power - Gilders, William K., 1967- (Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004)
I. The identification of blood with "life": a conceptual foundation? -- II. Cultic blood manipulation: an entry to the textual corpus -- III. The blood of the burnt offering -- IV. Blood manipulation in the sacrifice of well-being, the ordination offering, and the reparation offering -- V. The Hattat blood manipulations in P -- VI. Blood manipulation in Ezekiel and 2 Chronicles -- VII. Leviticus 17:11 and the power of blood.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-247) and indexes.
Keywords: Sacrifice -- Judaism; Blood in the Bible; Blood -- Religious aspects -- Judaism