The Impact of Yom Kippur on Early Christianity

The Impact of Yom Kippur on Early Christianity
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Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages : 486
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ISBN-10 : 3161480929
ISBN-13 : 9783161480928
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Synopsis The Impact of Yom Kippur on Early Christianity by : Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 2002.

The Atoning Dyad: The Two Goats of Yom Kippur in the Apocalypse of Abraham

The Atoning Dyad: The Two Goats of Yom Kippur in the Apocalypse of Abraham
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 188
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ISBN-10 : 9789004308220
ISBN-13 : 9004308229
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis The Atoning Dyad: The Two Goats of Yom Kippur in the Apocalypse of Abraham by : Andrei Orlov

The study explores the eschatological reinterpretation of the Yom Kippur ritual found in the Apocalypse of Abraham where the protagonist of the story, the patriarch Abraham, takes on the role of a celestial goat for YHWH, while the text’s antagonist, the fallen angel Azazel, is envisioned as the demonic scapegoat. The study treats the application of the two goats typology to human and otherworldly figures in its full historical and interpretive complexity through a broad variety of Jewish and Christian sources, from the patriarchical narratives of the Hebrew Bible to early Christian materials in which Yom Kippur traditions were applied to Jesus’ story.

The Day of Atonement

The Day of Atonement
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : 9789004216808
ISBN-13 : 9004216804
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis The Day of Atonement by : Thomas Hieke

The “Day of Atonement” in Leviticus 16 had a formative influence on Judaism and Christianity. The essays in this volume form a representative cross section of the history of reception of Leviticus 16 and the tradition of the Yom ha-Kippurim.

Jesus, Sin, and Perfection in Early Christianity

Jesus, Sin, and Perfection in Early Christianity
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9781316404669
ISBN-13 : 1316404668
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Jesus, Sin, and Perfection in Early Christianity by : Jeffrey S. Siker

The first full-length study to trace how early Christians came to perceive Jesus as a sinless human being. Jeffrey S. Siker presents a taxonomy of sin in early Judaism and examines moments in Jesus' life associated with sinfulness: his birth to the unwed Mary, his baptism by John the Baptist, his public ministry - transgressing boundaries of family, friends, and faith - and his cursed death by crucifixion. Although followers viewed his immediate death in tragic terms, with no expectation of his resurrection, they soon began to believe that God had raised him from the dead. Their resurrection faith produced a new understanding of Jesus' prophetic ministry, in which his death had been a perfect sacrificial death for sin, his ministry perfectly obedient, his baptism a demonstration of perfect righteousness, and his birth a perfect virgin birth. This study explores the implications of a retrospective faith that elevated Jesus to perfect divinity, redefining sin.

Divine Scapegoats

Divine Scapegoats
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 354
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ISBN-10 : 9781438455846
ISBN-13 : 1438455844
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Divine Scapegoats by : Andrei A. Orlov

Divine Scapegoats is a wide-ranging exploration of the parallels between the heavenly and the demonic in early Jewish apocalyptical accounts. In these materials, antagonists often mirror features of angelic figures, and even those of the Deity himself, an inverse correspondence that implies a belief that the demonic realm is maintained by imitating divine reality. Andrei A. Orlov examines the sacerdotal, messianic, and creational aspects of this mimetic imagery, focusing primarily on two texts from the Slavonic pseudepigrapha: 2 Enoch and the Apocalypse of Abraham. These two works are part of a very special cluster of Jewish apocalyptic texts that exhibit features not only of the apocalyptic worldview but also of the symbolic universe of early Jewish mysticism. The Yom Kippur ritual in the Apocalypse of Abraham, the divine light and darkness of 2 Enoch, and the similarity of mimetic motifs to later developments in the Zohar are of particular importance in Orlov's consideration.

Backgrounds of Early Christianity

Backgrounds of Early Christianity
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Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages : 676
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ISBN-10 : 9781467422390
ISBN-13 : 1467422398
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Backgrounds of Early Christianity by : Everett Ferguson

Having long served as a standard introduction to the world of the early church, Everett Ferguson's Backgrounds of Early Christianity has been expanded and updated in this third edition. The book explores and unpacks the Roman, Greek, and Jewish political, social, religious, and philosophical backgrounds necessary for a good historical understanding of the New Testament and the early church. New to this edition are revisions of Ferguson's original material, updated bibliographies, and fresh discussions of first-century social life, of Gnosticism, and of the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Jewish literature.

Sacrifice, Cult, and Atonement in Early Judaism and Christianity

Sacrifice, Cult, and Atonement in Early Judaism and Christianity
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Publisher : SBL Press
Total Pages : 451
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ISBN-10 : 9780884141907
ISBN-13 : 088414190X
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Sacrifice, Cult, and Atonement in Early Judaism and Christianity by : Henrietta L. Wiley

Critical and creative studies that offer fresh perspectives on ancient ideas and practices The contributions to this volume deal in various ways with the cult at the Jerusalem Temple that epitomized the religious, cultural, and socio-political identity of Judaism for many centuries. Some essays examine ancient constitutive practices and concepts, such as purification rituals, sacrifices, atonement, or sacred authorities at the temple, with the goal of interpreting their meanings for modern readers. Other essays explore alternatives to ancient cultic meaning and practice. Essays critique established traditions, attempt to renegotiate them, or use metaphor and spiritualization to expand the potential of these phenomena to serve as terminological and ideological resources. Thus they examine and affirm the continuing relevance of ancient Jewish cultic notions long after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. An international group of scholars representing different fields and diverse religious backgrounds A thorough examination of traditions as through the lens of contemporaneous interpretive traditions such as Jewish prophecy, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Early Christian literature Examination of topics such as purification, sacrifice, and atonement, and the depiction and development of sacred authority throughout the Bible

Goat for Yahweh, Goat for Azazel

Goat for Yahweh, Goat for Azazel
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Publisher : Fortress Academic
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1978712448
ISBN-13 : 9781978712447
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis Goat for Yahweh, Goat for Azazel by : Hans M Moscicke

This book explores the influence of the Day of Atonement on the Gospels. Hans M. Moscicke investigates how the gospel writers utilized the Yom Kippur traditions of the Second Temple period to craft Christological goat typologies and examines how scapegoat and Azazel traditions in first-century Judaism shaped the theology of the Gospels.

Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity

Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 345
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ISBN-10 : 9781108570336
ISBN-13 : 110857033X
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity by : Yifat Monnickendam

Ephrem, one of the earliest Syriac Christian writers, lived on the eastern outskirts of the Roman Empire during the fourth century. Although he wrote polemical works against Jews and pagans, and identified with post-Nicene Christianity, his writings are also replete with parallels with Jewish traditions and he is the leading figure in an ongoing debate about the Jewish character of Syriac Christianity. This book focuses on early ideas about betrothal, marriage, and sexual relations, including their theological and legal implications, and positions Ephrem at a precise intersection between his Semitic origin and his Christian commitment. Alongside his adoption of customs and legal stances drawn from his Greco-Roman and Christian surroundings, Ephrem sometimes reveals unique legal concepts which are closer to early Palestinian, sectarian positions than to the Roman or Jewish worlds. The book therefore explains naturalistic legal thought in Christian literature and sheds light on the rise of Syriac Christianity.

The Temple in Early Christianity

The Temple in Early Christianity
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 497
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ISBN-10 : 9780300197884
ISBN-13 : 0300197888
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis The Temple in Early Christianity by : Eyal Regev

A comprehensive treatment of the early Christian approaches to the Temple and its role in shaping Jewish and Christian identity The first scholarly work to trace the Temple throughout the entire New Testament, this study examines Jewish and Christian attitudes toward the Temple in the first century and provides both Jews and Christians with a better understanding of their respective faiths and how they grow out of this ancient institution. The centrality of the Temple in New Testament writing reveals the authors’ negotiations with the institutional and symbolic center of Judaism as they worked to form their own religion.