Cult and character :
Gane, Roy, 1955-
Cult and character : purification offerings, Day of Atonement, and theodicy / Roy E. Gane. - Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2005. - 1 online resource (xxi, 394 pages) : illustrations
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.
9781575065588 1575065584
Bible.--Leviticus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Leviticus.
Purity, Ritual--Judaism.
Yom Kippur.
Theodicy.
RELIGION--Judaism--Rituals & Practice.
Purity, Ritual--Judaism.
Theodicy.
Yom Kippur.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BM702 / .G35 2005eb
296.4/9
Cult and character : purification offerings, Day of Atonement, and theodicy / Roy E. Gane. - Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2005. - 1 online resource (xxi, 394 pages) : illustrations
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.
9781575065588 1575065584
Bible.--Leviticus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Leviticus.
Purity, Ritual--Judaism.
Yom Kippur.
Theodicy.
RELIGION--Judaism--Rituals & Practice.
Purity, Ritual--Judaism.
Theodicy.
Yom Kippur.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BM702 / .G35 2005eb
296.4/9
