Old Testament (cult, deuteronomism, Old Testament Theology, priestly theology, sacrifice, temple), Ancient Near Eastern, Cultural theory, Culture and cognition, History of research on religion (Claude Lévi-Strauss, Emile Durkheim, Georges Dumézil, Jan Assmann, Mary Douglas, Peter Sloterdijk, Philipe Descola, René Girard, Roy A. Rappaport), Myths and rituals (myths, purity, rituals, sacrifice), Research methods (anthropology, comparativism, cultural evolution, structuralism), Rituals (Theories of rituals)