MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01646cam a22002774a 4500
001 2005009783
003 DLC
005 20130531101928.0
008 050407s2005 inu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2005009783
020 $a1575061015 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBM702$b.G35 2005
082 00 $a296.4/9$222
100 1 $aGane, Roy,$d1955-
245 10 $aCult and character :$bpurification offerings, Day of Atonement, and theodicy /$cRoy E. Gane.
260 $aWinona Lake, Ind. :$bEisenbrauns,$c2005.
300 $axxi, 394 p. ;$c23 cm.
500 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 $aThe 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.
650 0 $aPurity, ritual$xJudaism.
650 0 $aYom Kippur.
630 00 $aBible.$pLeviticus$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
650 0 $aTheodicy.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0510/2005009783.html