Eschatological Yom Kippur in the Apocalypse of Abraham : Part I, The Scapegoat Ritual

Full title
Eschatological Yom Kippur in the Apocalypse of Abraham : Part I, The Scapegoat Ritual
Updated By
Shiran Shevah
Reference type
Book section
Author(s)
Orlov, Andrei A.
Editor(s)
Orlov, Andrei
Lourié, Basil
Year
2009
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Symbola Caelestis: Le symbolisme liturgique et paraliturgique dans le monde Chrétien
Issue / Series Volume
5
Series Title
Scrinium: Revue de patrologie, d’hagiographie critique et d’histoire ecclésiastique
Place of Publication
Piscataway
Pages
89-121
Label
20/06/2011
URL
http://scrinium.ru/lib/tome_5
Abstract

The article investigates the sacerdotal dimension of the Apocalypse of Abraham. The study shows that the entrance of a seer into the celestial realm reveals the cultic dimension and is envisioned as a visitation of the heavenly temple. The study theorizes that some portions of the second, apocalyptic part of the pseudepigraphon can be seen as an eschatological re-enactment of the Yom Kippur ritual - one of the most enigmatic cultic ceremonies in the Jewish tradition.