{"product_id":"atonement-and-purification-priestly-and-assyro-babylonian-perspectives-on-sin-and-its-consequences-9783161549168","title":"Atonement and Purification: Priestly and Assyro-Babylonian Perspectives on Sin and Its Consequences","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Isabel Cranz\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Mohr Siebeck\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Mohr Siebeck\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Biblical Criticism \u0026amp; Interpretation - Old Testament\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBiblical scholars frequently attempt to contextualize the Priestly ritual corpus by comparing it to other ancient Near Eastern ritual traditions. This comparative approach tends to detect a hidden polemic at work in the Priestly Source (P) which was meant to highlight its distinctly monotheistic outlook. Isabel Cranz reframes current understandings of P by comparing Priestly rituals of atonement to their Assyro-Babylonian counterparts. In this way she shows how the Priestly ritual corpus is highly specialized and concerns itself primarily with sanctuary maintenance. Viewing P in this new light in turn helps to demonstrate that the authors of P were not interested in discrediting foreign rituals or pushing a monotheistic agenda. Instead P primarily aimed to confirm the Aaronide priests as the only legitimate priestly group fit for service at the altar. Subsequently if a polemical agenda is present in P it can be shown to be directed against rivals and critics of the Aaronide priesthood, not other rituals of the ancient Near East.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mohr Siebeck","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890146754711,"sku":"9783161549168","price":9361.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783161549168.webp?v=1781178943","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/atonement-and-purification-priestly-and-assyro-babylonian-perspectives-on-sin-and-its-consequences-9783161549168","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}