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  • From: Bradley McLean <bhmclean AT julian.uwo.ca>
  • To: Corpus-paul <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Altar and atonement
  • Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 10:09:26 -0400


The more recent discussion of Jewish and Greek sacrificial practice and
significance
and apotropaic rituals (e.g., Scapegoat, pharmakos) is to be found in: B. H.
McLean,
_The Cursed Christ: Mediterranean Expulsion Rituals and Pauline Soteriology_
JSNT Supp
126. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.

Andrew T. Dolan, ABD wrote:

> For a different thread I had recommended Bradley McLean, "The Absence of an
> Atoning Sacrifice in Paul's Soteriology," New Testament Studies 38.4 (1992):
> 531-53. McLean provides a helpful review and interpretation of sacrifice in
> Israel. He brings out the importance of blood as sacred detergent effective
> in cleansing the altar of the contagion from sin.
>
> Andrew T. Dolan, Ph.D. Cand.
> Core Adjunct Professor of Religion and Classics
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