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Cult and character : purification offerings, Day of Atonement, and theodicy / Roy E. Gane.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gane, Roy, 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Leviticus.
- Purity, Ritual--Judaism.
- Purity, Ritual.
- Yom Kippur.
- Bible. Leviticus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Theodicy.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2005.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1575061015
- OCLC:
- 58985932
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