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

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Shiran Shevah
Reference type: 
Book section
Author(s): 
Orlov, Andrei A.
year: 
2009
Full title: 

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

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
Editor(s): 
Orlov, Andrei
Lourié, Basil
Place of Publication: 
Piscataway
Pages: 
89-121
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.

URL: 
http://scrinium.ru/lib/tome_5
Label: 
20/06/2011
Record number: 
7 980