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dc.contributor.author | Meyer, Esias E.![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2023-10-16T06:47:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-10-16T06:47:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.description.abstract | The red cow in Numbers 19 has perplexed scholars for quite some time. The paper engages with many of the questions they have raised, but especially with why this ritual is called a חטַָּאת and how the red cow ritual relates to the portrayal of the חטַָּאת in Leviticus. The paper explores the historical development of the חטַָּאת from a possible elimination ritual into two different sacrifices, and then into a ritual which produces a substance with apotropaic qualities. The last phase of this development took place in the late Persian period when the issue of pollution by corpses became more important. | en_US |
dc.description.department | Old Testament Studies | en_US |
dc.description.librarian | am2023 | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://scriptura.journals.ac.za/ | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Meyer. E.E. 2022, 'The red cow in numbers 19 : from elimination ritual to sacrifice to elimination ritual', Scriptura, vol. 121, no. 1, pp. 1-17. DOI : 10.7833/121-1-2097. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0254-1807 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2305-445X (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.7833/121-1-2097 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/92868 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Stellenbosch, Department of Old and New Testament | en_US |
dc.rights | © University of Stellenbosch, Department of Old and New Testament. | en_US |
dc.subject | Red cow | en_US |
dc.subject | Numbers 19 | en_US |
dc.subject | Elimination ritual | en_US |
dc.subject | חטַָּאת (Purification offering) | en_US |
dc.subject | Ritual innovation | en_US |
dc.subject | Leviticus | |
dc.subject | Apotropaic qualities | |
dc.subject | Corpse pollution | |
dc.subject | Historical development | |
dc.subject | Sacrifice | |
dc.subject.other | Theology articles SDG-04 | |
dc.subject.other | SDG-04: Quality education | |
dc.subject.other | Theology articles SDG-11 | |
dc.subject.other | SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities | |
dc.subject.other | Theology articles SDG-16 | |
dc.subject.other | SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions | |
dc.title | The red cow in Numbers 19 : from elimination ritual to sacrifice to elimination ritual | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |