Purity, Sacrifice, and the Temple

Symbolism and Supersessionism in the Study of Ancient Judaism
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Hardback, Oct 2005
ISBN13: 9780195162639ISBN10: 0195162633
Rehabilitates the notion of sacrifice in ancient Jewish religion and rituals


What God Has Joined Together

The Annulment Crisis in American Catholicism
$55.00
Hardback, Feb 1998
ISBN13: 9780195107647ISBN10: 0195107640
An eye-opening look at annulment as practiced by the U.S. Catholic Church


Heirs of the Fisherman

Behind the Scenes of Papal Death and Succession
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Hardback, Oct 2004
ISBN13: 9780195178340ISBN10: 0195178343
A former Vatican insider offers a weath of information on the death and succession of the Pope


Rite out of Place

Ritual, Media, and the Arts
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Paperback, Jul 2006
ISBN13: 9780195301458ISBN10: 0195301455
A fresh perspective on ritual by a founding father of ritual studies


Myth, Ritual, Memory, and Exchange

Essays in Greek Literature and Culture
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Paperback, Oct 2003
ISBN13: 9780199265817ISBN10: 019926581X
"[An] invaluable collection of papers from a life's work at the cutting edge of literary interpretation.... There is a vast amount here to digest and reflect upon."--Times Literary Supplement


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