La guerre et les rites de guerre dans le judaïsme du deuxième Temple (2005 Batsch), book
La guerre et les rites de guerre dans le judaïsme du deuxième Temple is a book by Christophe Batsch.
Abstract
This work deals with the Jewish warfare in the Hellenistic and Roman Antiquity from the point of view of the religious rites which, for the Ancients were a necessary part of all social activity. The author rejects the traditional concept of 'Holy War' and prefers to emphasis the diversity of representations of war in the Second Temple Judaism. The book deals with questions linked to the status of warriors and priests who were involved in war with regard to purity laws. It analyses the rituals specific to military operations. It deals wwith the Sabbath, with the war oracle of the ourim and tummim as well as the different types of sacrifices associated with war. The book presents a comprehensive but diverse and contrasted portrait of the Jewish practises and representations of war in Ancient times.
Editions
Published in Leiden: Brill, 2005 (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 93).
Reviews
Table of contents
Introduction : Topique de la guerre dans l'Israël ancien. Contra le modèle de la "guerre sainte".
- 1. Impureté de la guerre, sainteté du camp de guerre.
- 2. Pureté des guerriers, rites de purification
- 3. Le sacerdoce (1): la mobilisation des prêtres du deuxième Temple
- 4. Le sacerdoce (2): l'alternative de Qoumrân
- 5. Trompettes et étendards (le Règlement de la Guerre, 1QM et 4QM)
- 6. La guerre en sabbat
- 7. Ourîm et Toummîm
- 8. Les sacrifices de guerre (1): sacrifices sanglants et sacrifices humain
- 9. Les sacrifices de guerre (2): le souffle, la graisse, le sang
- 10. Les sacrifices de guerre (3): anathème et herem
Conclusion: L'origine des guerres