Book contents
- Cognitive Science and Ancient Israelite Religion
- Society for Old Testament Study Monograph Series
- Cognitive Science and Ancient Israelite Religion
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Intuitive and Reflective Cognition, Optimal and Costly Religion
- 2 Rethinking the Popular–Official Religion Dichotomy
- 3 Deuteronomic Theology as Cognitively Costly Religion
- 4 Counterintuitive Mischwesen
- 5 On Artifacts and Agency
- 6 Ritual and Cognition in Leviticus 16 and the Day of Atonement Ritual
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical Texts
- Subject Index
7 - Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 September 2020
- Cognitive Science and Ancient Israelite Religion
- Society for Old Testament Study Monograph Series
- Cognitive Science and Ancient Israelite Religion
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Intuitive and Reflective Cognition, Optimal and Costly Religion
- 2 Rethinking the Popular–Official Religion Dichotomy
- 3 Deuteronomic Theology as Cognitively Costly Religion
- 4 Counterintuitive Mischwesen
- 5 On Artifacts and Agency
- 6 Ritual and Cognition in Leviticus 16 and the Day of Atonement Ritual
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical Texts
- Subject Index
Summary
This brief concluding chapter recaps the main conclusions of the body chapters, affirms the importance of cognitive theorizing for the study of ancient religion, locates the different religious expressions studied in these chapters along a continuum of cognitively optimal and costly religion, and points to potential areas of future research at the intersection of biblical studies, Israelite religion, and cognitive science of religion (CSR).
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- Cognitive Science and Ancient Israelite ReligionNew Perspectives on Texts, Artifacts, and Culture, pp. 257 - 262Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020