Tracing the Ritual Body

Ada Taggar Cohen is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Doshisha University, Japan.Richard E. DeMaris is Senior Research Professor at Valparaiso University, USA.Jonathan Schwiebertis Professor of Religious Studies at Lenoir-Rhyne University, USA.

• PrefaceIntroduction - Catherine Bell and the Ancient Mediterranean Ritual World(Richard E. DeMaris and Jonathan Schwiebert)1- Ritual Performance and Hittite Royal Ideology in Dialogue with Catherine Bell’s Power of Ritualization(Ada Taggar Cohen, Doshisha University)2- The Relevance of Catherine Bell’s Approach to Ritualization for Analysis of Pentateuchal Ritual Texts(Roy E. Gane, Andrews University)3- “Open Thine Eyes and See the Words”: The Ritualization of Hezekiah’s Responses to the Neo-Assyrian Crisis(Dan Belnap, Brigham Young University)4- Creating a Virtual Holy Center in the Dead Sea Sect(Hannah K. Harrington, Patten University)5- The Gospel of Mark through a Ritual Lens(Richard E. DeMaris, Valparaiso University)6- Ritualization and Practice in Corinth(Jonathan Schwiebert, Lenoir-Rhyne University)7- The Musical Body as a Locus of Power in Early Christian Ritual: An Application of Catherine Bell(Jade Weimer, University of Manitoba)8- Making the Sign of the Cross: To Do and to Undo(Ritva H. Williams, St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids)9- Catherine Bell in the Biblical World(Russell C. D. Arnold, Regis University)BibliographyIndices – Index of Modern Scholars, Index of Primary Sources, and Subject Index

Besides giving a valuable summary of Bell’s most important ritual terminology, the volume demonstrates the versatility of her concepts.