Cult and Character : : Purification Offerings, Day of Atonement, and Theodicy / / Roy Gane.
Through the swirling smoke of Aaron's incense, and of scholarly theories, the present volume steps toward the meaning enacted on "the Day of Purgation," commonly known as Yom Kippur or "the Day of Atonement." By treating moral evil both as relational/legal breach and as poll...
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| Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021] ©2005 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part 1 Ritual, Meaning, and System
- 1. The Locus of Ritual Meaning
- 2. The System of nxon Rituals
- Part 2 Purification Offerings Performed throughout the Year
- 3. Outer-Altar Purification Offerings
- 4. Outer-Sanctum Purification Offerings
- 5. Purification-Offering Flesh: Prebend or Expiation
- 6. Purification Offering: Purgation of Sanctuary or Offerer
- 7. Pollution of the Sanctuary: Aerial or Only by Direct Contact
- 8. Blood or Ash Water: Detergent, Metaphorical Carrier Agent, or Means of Passage
- 9. The Scope of Expiability
- Part 3 Phases of rdd
- 10. Inner-Sanctum Purification Offerings
- 11. The Purification Ritual of Azazel's Goat
- 12. Two Major Phases of Sacrificial rdd
- 13. Trajectories of Evils
- Part 4 Cult and Theodicy
- 14. Divine Justice and the Cost of Kindness
- 15. Divine Presence and Theodicy
- 16. Loyalty and Royalty in Hebrew Narrative
- 17. Yearly Accountability in Mesopotamian Cult
- 18. Conclusion: Cult and Character
- Indexes