Goat for Azazel
The rite included in Leviticus 16 belongs to penitential rites of purification. It may be a reminiscence of antic religious medical-magic rites, practiced in multiple regions of ancient world. The rites contained the idea of substitution, “magic elimination.” Sending the goat represents rejection of...
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Polskie Towarzystwo Teologiczne
2007-03-01
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| Series: | Ruch Biblijny i Liturgiczny |
| Online Access: | https://rbl.ptt.net.pl/index.php/RBL/article/view/320 |