Theology

Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra

The Impact of Yom Kippur on Early Christianity

The Day of Atonement from Second Temple Judaism to the Fifth Century

[Der Einfluß des Jom Kippur auf das frühe Christentum. Der Versöhnungstag vom Zweiten Tempel bis zum fünften Jahrhundert.]

2003. XX, 445 pages.

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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 Stökl Ben Ezra here not only reveals the profound influence of Yom Kippur on the rituals, institutions, mythology and theology of early Christianity up to the fifth century but also offers the first detailed analysis of the festival itself.
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 Stökl 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.
Survey of contents
Part One: Yom Kippur in Early Jewish Thought and Ritual
Introduction
1. The Names of Yom Kippur
2. The Rituals of Yom Kippur
3. Imaginaires of Yom Kippur

Part Two: The Impact of Yom Kippur on Early Christianity in the First and Second Centuries
4. Yom Kippur in the Early Christian Imaginaire
5. Yom Kippur Imagery in Gnosticism and in Early Christian Mysticism
6. Yom Kippur in Jewish Christian Legends

Part Three: The Impact of Yom Kippur on Early Christianity from the Third to the Fifth Centuries
7. Christian Exegesis of Leviticus and the Polemics against the Contemporary Yom Kippur
8. Yom Kippur and the Christian Autumn Festivals

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Authors/Editors

Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra Geboren 1970; Studium der Religionswissenschaften, Judaistik und Theologie; 2002 Promotion; 2011 Habilitation; derzeit Forschungsprofessor an der École pratique des hautes études in Paris auf dem Lehrstuhl für Sprache, Literatur, Paläographie und Epigraphie des Hebräischen und Aramäischen vom vierten Jahrhundert v. Chr. bis zum vierten Jahrhundert n. Chr.

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: Salesianum — Jg.66 (2004), H.4, S.773f (Rafael Vicent)
In: Revue d'histoire et de Philosophie Religieuses — Jg.84 (2004), H.2, S.230ff (Ch. Grappe)
In: Revue Biblique — Jg.111 (2004), S.280ff (Etienne Nodet)
In: New Testament Abstracts — Vol.48 (2004), H.2, S.470f
In: International Review of Biblical Studies — Vol.50 (2003/04), 1814
In: Henoch — 29 (2007), S. 405 (Mika Ahuvia)
In: Studies in Christian Jewish Relations (SCJR) — 1 (2005/2006), S. 16–17 (Dmitrij F. Bumazhnov)
In: De Stem van het Boek — Jg.15 (2004), H.1, S.15
In: Mayeutica — 2003, Nr.68, S.528ff (Enrique Eguiarte)
In: Catholic Biblical Quarterly — 68 (2006), S. 782–784 (Eileen Schuller)
In: Numen — 53 (2006), S. 223–227 (Petra von Gemünden)
In: Adamantius — Jg.11 (2005), S.495ff (Giovanni B. Bazzana)
In: Revue des Etudes Juives — 165 (2006) S. 299–300 (Simon C. Mimouni)
In: Theologische Literaturzeitung — 131 (2006), S. 1288–1290 (Thomas Knöppler)
In: Theologische Rundschau — 77 (2012), S. 54–87 (Michael Tilly)
In: Tijdschrift voor Theologie — Jg.44 (2004), H.3, S.303 (Huub van de Sandt)
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