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xxi, 394 p. ; 23 cm. 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. Roy E. Gane. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Criticism, interpretation, etc Purity, ritual Judaism Yom Kippur Theodicy BM702 .G35 2005 296.4/9 1575061015 (hardcover : alk. paper) 2005009783 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0510/2005009783.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0510/2005009783.html DLC 050407 20180221144817.0 13923544