Cult and character [electronic resource] : purification offerings, Day of Atonement, and theodicy / Roy E. Gane.
Material type: TextPublication details: Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2005Description: xxi, 394 p. : illISBN: 9781575065588 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Bible. O.T. Leviticus -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Purity, Ritual -- Judaism | Yom Kippur | TheodicyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 296.4/9 LOC classification: BM702 | .G35 2005Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
The locus of ritual meaning -- The system of tajf rituals -- Outer-altar purification offerings -- Outer-sanctum purification offerings -- Purification-offering flesh : prebend or expiation -- Purification offering : purgation of sanctuary or offerer? -- Pollution of the sanctuary : aerial or only by direct contact? -- Blood or ash water : detergent, metaphorical carrier agent, or means of passage? -- The scope of expiability -- Inner-sanctum purification offerings -- The purification ritual of Azazel's goat -- Two major phases of ritual -- Trajectories of evils -- Divine justice and the cost of kindness -- Divine presence and theodicy -- Loyalty and royalty in Hebrew narrative -- Yearly accountability in Mesopotamian cult.
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