The Impact of Yom Kippur on Early Christianity: The Day of Atonement from Second Temple Judaism to the Fifth ...

The Impact of Yom Kippur on Early Christianity: The Day of Atonement from Second Temple Judaism to the Fifth Century (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament) by Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra. 2003

The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) was the most important festival of late-antique Judaism, but its influence on Christianity was not generally recognized. Daniel Stokl Ben Ezra here not only reveals the profound influence of Yom Kippur on early Christianity up to the fifth century but also offers the first detailed analysis of the festival itself. He examines the rituals of and the concepts underlying Yom Kippur in various types of Second Temple and rabbinic Judaism. In detailed analyses of many New Testament and extra-canonical writings, as well as Gnostic and early mystical texts, the author portrays the sweeping influence of the high priest, Holy of Holies, blood sacrifice and scapegoat ritual on early Christian thought and practice. In the final part he examines Christian exegesis of Leviticus 16, Christian-Jewish polemics and the impact of Yom Kippur on Christian liturgy.

Daniel Stokl Ben Ezra, Born 1970; studied Theology in Bochum and Bern, Comparative Religion and Jewish Studies in Jerusalem; 2002 Ph.D.; since 2003 Mandel Fellow at the Scholion Institute, Institute of Jewish Studies, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

hardcover

16x24 cm

445 pages

fine condition