Keeping Heaven on Earth: Safeguarding the Divine Presence in the Priestly Tabernacle

Title: Keeping Heaven on Earth
Preface
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction
Ritual Theory
	1.1. Problems with Ritual
	1.2. What is Ritual?
	1.3. Analyzing Ritual
	1.4. The Cumulative Approach
The Divine Presence
	2.1. The Difficulty of Describing the Divine Presence
	2.2. Linguistic Context
	2.3. The Varying Intensity of Glory
	2.4. The Divine Form Beyond the Glory
	2.5. The Glory and the Fire
	2.6. The Glory and the Cloud
	2.7. Priestly Assimilation of Theophanic Elements
	2.8. Synthesis
The Dedication and Inauguration of the Tabernacle and its Cult
	3.1. Temple Dedication in 1 Kings 8 and the Ancient Near East
	3.2. The Dedication24 of the Tabernacle in P
	3.3. Tabernacle Dedication and Priestly Installation
	3.4. Ritual Sequence and Function in Exodus 29, 40, and Leviticus 8-9
Regular Divine Service
	4.1. Ancient Near Eastern Background
	4.2. How do the Israelites Maintain YHWH’s Precarious Presence?
	4.3. The Individual Elements
	4.4. What is YHWH’s Relationship to His Food?
	4.5. Access for Divine Service
	4.6. Synthesis
Damage Control in the Ancient Near East
	5.1. The State of Scholarship on ANE Damage Control
	5.2. The Gods’ Relationship to Creation and its Inhabitants
	5.3. Damage Control in the Ancient Near East
Damage Control in the Priestly Texts
	6.1. YHWH’s Relationship to the World and His People in P
	6.2. Individual and Communal Removal Rites (Leviticus 4-5 and 12-15)
	6.3. Clearing Day
Damage Control: Evaluation
	7.1. The Rhetorical Trajectory of Leviticus 1-16
	7.2. The Implications of Priestly Damage Control
	7.3. Key Priestly Concepts
	7.4. A Comparison of Priestly and ANE Damage Control Systems
Conclusion
Works Cited
Source Index
Author Index
Subject Index
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