The Red Cow in Numbers 19: From Elimination Ritual to Sacrifice to Elimination Ritual

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 חַטָּאת and how the red cow ritual relates to the portrayal of the חַטָּאת in Leviticus. The paper explores the histori...

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Main Author: Meyer, Esias E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Univ. 2022
In: Scriptura
Year: 2022, Volume: 121, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-17
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ritual / Cow / Renewal / Bible. Numeri 19
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
HH Archaeology
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Summary: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 חַטָּאת and how the red cow ritual relates to the portrayal of the חַטָּאת in Leviticus. The paper explores the historical development of the חַטָּאת 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.
ISSN:2305-445X
Contains:Enthalten in: Scriptura
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.7833/121-1-2097