Cult and character: purification offerings, Day of Atonement, and theodicy
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Main Author: Gane, Roy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Winona Lake, Ind. Eisenbrauns 2005
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Item Description:Includes 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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 394 p.)
ISBN:1575065584
9781575061016
9781575065588

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