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Sacrifice, Scripture, and Substitution Ann W. Astell

Sacrifice, Scripture, and Substitution By Ann W. Astell

Sacrifice, Scripture, and Substitution by Ann W. Astell

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The essays in Sacrifice, Scripture, and Substitution examine sacrifice in Jewish and Christian Scripture in dialogue with the thought of Rene Girard.

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Sacrifice, Scripture, and Substitution: Readings in Ancient Judaism and Christianity by Ann W. Astell

This collection of essays focuses on sacrifice in the context of Jewish and Christian scripture and is inspired by the thought and writings of Rene Girard. The contributors engage in a dialogue with Girard in their search for answers to key questions about the relation between religion and violence.

The book is divided into two parts. The first opens with a conversation in which Rene Girard and Sandor Goodhart explore the relation between imitation and violence throughout human history, especially in religious culture. It is followed by essays on the subject of sacrifice contributed by some of the most distinguished scholars in the field, including Bruce Chilton, Robert Daly, Louis Feldman, Michael Fishbane, Erich Gruen, and Alan Segal. The second part contains essays on specific scriptural texts (Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac in Genesis 22 and the book of Job in the Jewish tradition, the Gospel and Epistles in the Christian tradition). The authors explore new ways of applying Girardian analysis to episodes of sacrifice and scapegoating, demonstrating that fertile ground remains to further our understanding of violence in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures.

Contributors: Sandor Goodhart, Ann W. Astell, Rene Girard, Thomas Ryba, Michael Fishbane, Bruce Chilton, Robert Daly, S.J., Alan F. Segal, Louis H. Feldman, Erich S. Gruen, Stuart D. Robertson, Matthew Pattillo, Stephen Stern, Chris Allen Carter, William Morrow, William Martin Aiken, Gerard Rosse, Christopher S. Morrissey, Poong-In Lee, Anthony Bartlett

Sacrifice, Scripture, and Substitution Reviews

In increasing numbers, scholars are turning to the mimetic theory espoused by Rene Girard for answers to key questions about religion and violence. For the first time, the editors of this volume place in conversation with each other scholars who, from the perspective of Christian and Jewish traditions and scholarship, engage via mimetic theory the sacrificial and anti-sacrificial features of ancient Judaism and early Christianity and explore their subsequent trajectories. -Martha Reineke, University of Northern Iowa


A distinctive contribution of this volume is the focus of many of its essays on Judaism and Jewish readings of the Hebrew Bible. Girard's Christian focus has left his thought open to the criticism that it is a recycled form of supersessionism. Though I do not think that this book will put that issue completely to rest, its engagement with Jewish history and Jewish thinkers is welcome and an important advance. -James W. Watts, Syracuse University


This volume first presents a 'conversation' between R. Girard and Goodhart on mimesis, sacrifice, and the Bible. Then it presents twenty essays on specific scriptural texts. -New Testament Abstracts


This important book consists of twenty-one essays that are knowing, critical, and venturesome. . . . The intent of the collection is to understand better the ancient relationship of Judaism and Christianity. The accent of the volume, variously explored, expanded, appreciated, and in small ways critiqued, is the work of Rene Girard, to whom, along with his wife, the book is dedicated. -Journal of Ecumenical Studies


The introduction . . . expounds Rene Girard's theory that every culture is founded on the collective murder of a surrogate victim. . . . In Girard's view, the Hebrew Bible reflects a profoundly anti-sacrificial development, and Christianity extends it by positing Jesus' sacrifice as the supreme sacrifice that ends all sacrifices. . . . This volume . . . puts his theory at work, in two main ways, to which the two parts of the book are devoted. -Bryn Mawr Classical Review


The ground-breaking work of Rene Girard on the theme of violence and mimesis in religion is the inspiration for this collection of twenty-one essays. The impact of Girard's thinking is particularly felt in biblical studies, as this volume demonstrates. The first nine essays address some aspect of biblical sacrifice itself; the rest focus on explicit biblical passages that treat the topic. . . . This is a very readable treatment of an important yet unresolved topic. -The Bible Today


. . . ultimately, this book serves as an excellent introductory conversation into mimetic theory and sacrifice. This collection of essays is a good starting point for a beginning student, but also will function as a tool for the researcher. -Religious Studies Review

About Ann W. Astell

Ann W. Astell is professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame.

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NLS9780268020385
9780268020385
0268020388
Sacrifice, Scripture, and Substitution: Readings in Ancient Judaism and Christianity by Ann W. Astell
Ann W. Astell
Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity
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University of Notre Dame Press
2011-06-30
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