Atonement in the Pentateuch
Jonathan D. Safren
yonsaf at beitberl.beitberl.ac.il
Sun Sep 27 17:02:04 EDT 1998
Biblical Hebrew kipper does not mean "atone" but rather "purify, purge".
Yom Kippur was originally the Day of Purgation (of the priests, the
people, the temple and its accoutrements. See Milgrom's commentary on
Leviticus in the Anchor Bible series.
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Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
44905 Beit Berl Post Office
Israel
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