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Atonement and Purification: Priestly and Assyro-Babylonian Perspectives on Sin and Its Consequences

by Isabel Cranz

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
  • 23.6 x 15.6 x 1 cm

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Biblical scholars frequently attempt to contextualize the Priestly ritual corpus by comparing it to other ancient Near Eastern ritual traditions. This comparative approach tends to detect a hidden polemic at work in the Priestly Source (P) which was meant to highlight its distinctly monotheistic outlook. Isabel Cranz reframes current understandings of P by comparing Priestly rituals of atonement to their Assyro-Babylonian counterparts. In this way she shows how the Priestly ritual corpus is highly specialized and concerns itself primarily with sanctuary maintenance. Viewing P in this new light in turn helps to demonstrate that the authors of P were not interested in discrediting foreign rituals or pushing a monotheistic agenda. Instead P primarily aimed to confirm the Aaronide priests as the only legitimate priestly group fit for service at the altar. Subsequently if a polemical agenda is present in P it can be shown to be directed against rivals and critics of the Aaronide priesthood, not other rituals of the ancient Near East.
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  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Mohr Siebeck

  • Published

    May 2017

  • Weight

    355g

  • Dimensions

    23.6 x 15.6 x 1 cm

  • ISBN

    9783161549168

  • ISBN-10

    3161549163

  • Eden Code

    4708193

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