Lectures on the Religion of the Semites

First Series The Fundamental Institutions

By:

W Robertson Smith

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1894. Smith studies the primitive religions of the Semitic peoples, viewed in relation to other ancient religions and to the spiritual religion of the Old Testament and of Christianity. The Contents include: Introduction: The Subject and the Method of Enquiry; The Nature of the Religious Community, and the Relation of the Gods to their Worshippers; The Relations of the Gods to Natural Things - Holy Places - The Jinn; Holy Places in their Relation to Man; Sanctuaries, Natural and Artificial - Holy Waters, Trees, Caves, and Stones; Sacrifice - Preliminary Survey; First - Fruits, Tithes, and Sacrificial Meals; The Original Significance of Animal Sacrifice; The Sacramental Efficacy of Animal Sacrifice, and Cognate Acts of Ritual - The Blood Covenant - Blood and Hair Offerings; The Development of Sacrificial Ritual - Fire - Sacrifices and Piacula; and Sacrificial Gifts and Piacular Sacrifices - The Special Ideas Involved in the Latter.

Release date Australia

September 20th, 2004

Author

W Robertson Smith

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Country of Publication

United States

Imprint

Kessinger Publishing Co

Pages

524

Publisher

Kessinger Publishing Co

Dimensions

152x229x29

ISBN-13

9781417948611

Product ID

1866579

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