TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gane,Roy
TI  - Cult and character: purification offerings, Day of Atonement, and theodicy 
SN  - 9781575063102
AV  - BM702 .G35 2005
U1  - 296.49 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Winona Lake, Ind.
PB  - Eisenbrauns
KW  - Bible
KW  - O.T
KW  - Leviticus
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Purity, ritual
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Yom Kippur
KW  - Theodicy
N1  - 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
ER  -