A Soothing Aroma – Atonement, part 3
This is the third in a series of posts about atonement: When Jesus Died
Today I want to get into the background of sacrifice in ancient Israelite practice. Stephen Finlan, professor of NT at Seton Hall and Fordham (and whose work inspires much of this post) notes that "For many centuries, sacrificial practice and interpretation in Israel resembled that of Israel's neighbors: Canaanites, Moabites, Babylonians and others."
A sacrifice often involved the killing of an animal, most often a bull,...
Today I want to get into the background of sacrifice in ancient Israelite practice. Stephen Finlan, professor of NT at Seton Hall and Fordham (and whose work inspires much of this post) notes that "For many centuries, sacrificial practice and interpretation in Israel resembled that of Israel's neighbors: Canaanites, Moabites, Babylonians and others."
A sacrifice often involved the killing of an animal, most often a bull,...
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