Cult and character
Gane, Roy, 1955-
Cult and character purification offerings, Day of Atonement, and theodicy / [electronic resource] : Roy E. Gane. - Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2005. - xxi, 394 p. : ill.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Bible.--O.T.--Leviticus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Purity, Ritual--Judaism.
Yom Kippur.
Theodicy.
Electronic books.
BM702 / .G35 2005
296.4/9
Cult and character purification offerings, Day of Atonement, and theodicy / [electronic resource] : Roy E. Gane. - Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2005. - xxi, 394 p. : ill.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Bible.--O.T.--Leviticus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Purity, Ritual--Judaism.
Yom Kippur.
Theodicy.
Electronic books.
BM702 / .G35 2005
296.4/9