Goat for Yahweh, Goat for Azazel

Hans M. Moscicke

doi:10.5771/9781978712430

Summary

This book explores the influence of the Day of Atonement on the Gospels. In the first chapter, Hans M. Moscicke studies the effect of Yom Kippur traditions on Matthew’s Final Judgment episode (Matt 25:31–46), arguing that the evangelist portrays the expulsion of the unrighteous as a purgative event resembling the yearly expulsion of iniquity from the temple by means of the scapegoat. In Chapter Two, he contends that Matthew constructs a goat-for-Yahweh typology in his baptism scene (Matt 3:16–17) and a goat-for-Azazel typology in his temptation narrative (Matt 4:1–11). He argues in the third chapter that Luke’s narrative regarding Jesus’s visit to Nazareth (Luke 4:16–30) has been shaped by Jubilee and Yom Kippur traditions. In Chapter Four he explores the impact of ancient elimination rituals and scapegoat traditions on the Gerasene exorcism pericopae (Mark 5:1–20 parr.). Finally, in the final chapter he investigates the influence of the Day of Atonement on John’s resurrection narrative (John 20:11–23), especially his allusion to the cherubim and atonement slate in John 20:20.

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Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-9787-1242-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-9787-1243-0
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 162
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
1. Notes No access
1. The Impact of Azazel Traditions on Matt. 25:31–46 No access
2. The Influence of Yom Kippur on Matt. 25:31–46 No access
3. Matt. 25:31–46 in Light of Matthew’s Concept of Sin and Atonement No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Notes No access
1. Goat for Yahweh, Goat for Azazel No access
2. Confession of Sins No access
3. Sacrifice to Yahweh No access
4. The Priestly Transference of Sins No access
5. Into the Wilderness No access
6. To Azazel No access
7. The Fast No access
8. Manna and Desert Afflictions No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. Notes No access
1. Jesus’s Citation of Isaiah 61 and the Jubilee Year No access
2. Isaiah 58 and the Day of Atonement No access
3. Luke’s Use of Isa. 58:6; 61:1–2 and the Day of Atonement No access
4. Jesus’s Expulsion from Nazareth as a Scapegoat No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
1. Mark 5:1–20 and the Watchers Tradition No access
2. The Impact of Ancient Elimination Rituals on Legion’s Expulsion (Mark 5:13) No access
3. The Influence of Scapegoat Traditions on Mark 5:1–20 No access
4. Luke’s Redaction of the Gerasene Exorcism (Luke 8:26–40) No access
5. Matthew’s Redaction of the Gerasene Exorcism (Matt. 8:28–34) No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
1. Jesus as Eschatological Temple in the Gospel of John No access
2. Cherubim and Atonement Slate No access
3. Garden Setting No access
4. Mourning and Weeping No access
5. Heavenly Ascension No access
6. Forgiveness of Sins No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
1. Summary No access
2. The Impact of Yom Kippur on the Gospels No access
3. Notes No access
Bibliography No access Pages 131 - 144
Name and Subject No access Pages 145 - 150
1. Old Testament No access
2. New Testament No access
3. Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha No access
4. Dead Sea Scrolls No access
5. Philo No access
6. Josephus No access
7. Rabbinic Literature No access
8. Early Christian Literature No access
9. Greco-Roman Literature No access
About the Author No access Pages 161 - 162