TY - BOOK AU - Gane,Roy TI - Cult and character: purification offerings, Day of Atonement, and theodicy AV - BM702.G196.C858 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Winona Lake, Indiana PB - Eisenbrauns KW - Bible KW - Leviticus KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Purity, Ritual KW - Judaism KW - Yom Kippur KW - Theodicy N1 - 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; 2 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0510/2005009783.html ER -