Cult and character : purification offerings, Day of Atonement, and theodicy /
Gane, Roy, 1955-,
Cult and character : purification offerings, Day of Atonement, and theodicy / [print] Roy E. Gane. - Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, (c)2005. - xxi, 394 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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.
2005009783
Bible.--Leviticus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Purity, Ritual--Judaism.
Yom Kippur.
Theodicy.
BM702.G196.C858 2005
Cult and character : purification offerings, Day of Atonement, and theodicy / [print] Roy E. Gane. - Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, (c)2005. - xxi, 394 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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.
2005009783
Bible.--Leviticus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Purity, Ritual--Judaism.
Yom Kippur.
Theodicy.
BM702.G196.C858 2005