Cult and character : purification offerings, Day of Atonement, and theodicy / Roy E. Gane.
Material type: TextPublication details: Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2005.Description: xxi, 394 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 1575061015 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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- BM702 .G35 2005
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Judith Thomas Library General Stacks | BKS | BM 702 .G35 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | AUA22417 | Available | AUA22417 |
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.