Cult and character purification offerings, Day of Atonement, and theodicy /

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Main Author: Gane, Roy, 1955-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.