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sacrifices An essential part of Israelite and Jewish life and culture, as in other religions with which anthropological study has made interesting comparison. They were devised primarily as a means for dealing with
sin. Offences which needed expiation were not necessarily those committed deliberately; they all still required the appointed ‘guilt offering’ (Lev. 5: 17–19). The animal sacrificed was killed as a substitute for the human transgressor who otherwise could have died. The offerer laid his hand on the head of the victim in order to identify himself with it (Lev. 1: 4) and offer himself to God. Amos (5: 21–7) and Isaiah (1: 10–20) repudiate the practice of sacrifices if taken as easy means of access to God without obedience to his will. Animals sacrificed had to be free from injury and visible defects; the blood was drained out and there ensued a loss of consciousness (Deut. 12: 15 ff., Lev. 17: 14) after about two minutes.
The NT adopts the sacrificial principle in order to explain the
death of Christ; he died to atone for our
sins (1 Cor. 15: 3), by his blood (Rom. 3: 25), and ‘for our trespasses’ (Rom. 4: 25). Jesus' death is in Paul's mind when he writes that one man's act of
righteousness leads to acquittal (Rom. 5: 18). Jesus, who was without sin (2 Cor. 5: 21; cf. Heb. 4: 15), took the place of sinful human beings (2 Cor. 5: 21; Rom. 8: 3). Paul does not, however, labour the sacrificial metaphors, and prefers to base a Christian's relationship with God on his theory of participation in Christ by sharing sacramentally in his death and
resurrection. He means that because Christ shares the universal human experience of death, it is possible for believers to share
his death.
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Sacrifice unveiled or sacrifice revisited: trinitarian and liturgical perspectives.
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER, sacrifice plays an important role in all the...data some basic characteristics of sacrifice, and then see how these are found...Christian practice and understanding of sacrifice. But such a "scientific" or...
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SACRIFICE? IN AMERICAN POLITICS? WHAT CLINTON ASKS IS ACTUALLY RATHER MODEST.(PERSPECTIVE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 5/9/1993; 700+ words
; ...image. Yet economic sacrifice is a relative term...have imposed financial sacrifices that would be unthinkable...calls this sort of sacrifice "structural adjustment...Sachs, even if the sacrifice he is asking for is...not to say that those sacrifices are such great experiences...
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Sacrifice as a Predictor of Marital Outcomes
Magazine article from: Family Process; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...positive nature of sacrifice is predicated on the assumption that sacrifices are made willingly...the nature of sacrifice in romantic relationships...willingness to sacrifice for one's relationship...perception that the sacrifices one makes for...
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Le Sacrifice au Ciel dans la Chine ancienne: Theorie et pratique sous les Han Occidentaux.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...of the jiao sacrifice and was eventually...reform of the sacrifices performed during...not dare to sacrifice. As for the sacrifices to the multitudes...important of all sacrifices (p. 52...comments: "Le sacrifice jiao permet...
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Sacrifice in religious experience.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; BAUMGARTEN, ALBERT I. (ed.). Sacrifice in religious experience. 329 pp...euro]90, $105.00 (cloth) 'Sacrifice is a central part of every religion...a theologian misleadingly entitled 'Sacrifice in African traditional religions...
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Sacrifice: An American virtue on rebound
News Wire article from: AP Online; 4/28/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...give to benefit the nation. What sacrifice, she said, would you ask Americans...to lower the country's debt? Sacrifice is a word that Americans like to...It's absolutely unnecessary to sacrifice, said Ron Paul, setting the tone...
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Purity, Sacrifice, and the Temple: Symbolism and Supersessionism in the Study of Ancient Judaism.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Hebrew Studies Journal; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...intended animal sacrifices to wean humans off of human sacrifice and the popular...economic crimes. For sacrifice to be effective...offered. One who sacrifices a stolen or ill...animal renders the sacrifice ineffective. Here...
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"He offered himself" Sacrifice in Hebrews
Magazine article from: Interpretation; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...its understanding of sacrifice with elements from texts...19, the daily tamid sacrifices (Heb 7:27; Num 28:1-8), as well as the sacrifices of Abel, Abraham, and...28). THE DRAMA OF SACRIFICE In the popular mind...
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Will sacrifice fly? Clinton quickly learns a lesson: Tiptoe around that `S' word
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/21/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...President Clinton spent last week talking sacrifice -- or at least hinting at it. In two...How does a president sell pain and sacrifice in peacetime? Can a country dedicated...patriotism be spelled T-A-X. And is sacrifice, by definition, un-American? A nationally...
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Making a sacrifice
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 8/29/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...2008 Headline: Making a sacrifice Byline: SHLOMO BRODY Edition...the restoration of animal sacrifices? Does God really expect us...potential abrogation of animal sacrifices in the messianic era. In...references to the Temple and sacrifices, deeming them primitive and...
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sacrifice
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...of the necessity of sacrifice, but also completely...that no further animal sacrifices were necessary. Not all sacrifice takes the form of animal sacrifice. Bloodless offerings...antiquity. In all sacrifices fire was used to consume...
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Sacrifice
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Sacrifice (Lat., ‘...between the one who sacrifices (whether individual...God or spirit. Sacrifice pervades virtually...early Vedic age, sacrifice was relatively...there were also sacrifices at regul
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Human Sacrifice
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...cultures. Yet human sacrifice has been in practice...means. Evidence of human sacrifice has been found in Denmark...making them fitting sacrifices. Between 3100 bce and...there was mass human sacrifice in Egypt, for the pharaohs...
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thanksgiving sacrifice (NRSV)
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
thanksgiving sacrifice (NRSV) / thank offering (REB) An animal sacrifice offered in gratitude for some favour received...communion meal (hence NJB ‘communion sacrifice’ at Lev. 7: 13) which included unleavened...
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Śrauta sacrifices:
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Śrauta sacrifices: see SACRIFICE (HINDUISM).
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