The goal of this closely reasoned study is to explain why, in
Priestly texts of the Hebrew Bible, the verb kipper, traditionally
translated 'atone', means the way of dealing both with sin and with
impurity-which might seem very different things. Sklar's first key
conclusion is that when the context is sin, certain sins also
pollute; so 'atonement' may include some element of purification.
His second conclusion is that, when the context is impurity, and
kipper means not 'atone' but 'effect purgation', impurity also
endangers; so kipper can include some element of ransoming. The
goal of this closely reasoned study is to explain why, in Priestly
texts of the Hebrew Bible, the verb kipper, traditionally
translated 'atone', means the way of dealing both with sin and with
impurity-which might seem very different things. Sklar's first key
conclusion is that when the context is sin, certain sins also
pollute; so 'atonement' may include some element of purification.
His second conclusion is that, when the context is impurity, and
kipper means not 'atone' but 'effect purgation', impurity also
endangers; so kipper can include some element of ransoming. The
goal of this closely reasoned study is to explain why, in Priestly
texts of the Hebrew Bible, the verb kipper, traditionally
translated 'atone', means the way of dealing both with sin and with
impurity-which might seem very different things. Sklar's first key
conclusion is that when the context is sin, certain sins also
pollute; so 'atonement' may include some element of purification.
His second conclusion is that, when the context is impurity, and
kipper means not 'atone' but 'effect purgation', impurity also
endangers; so kipper can include some element of ransoming. In
fact, sin and impurity, while distinct categories in themselves,
have this in common: each of them requires both ransoming and
purification. It is for this reason that kipper can be used in both
settings. This benchmark study concludes with a careful examination
of the famous sentence of Leviticus 17.11 that 'blood makes
atonement' (kipper) and explains how, in the Priestly ideology,
blood sacrifice was able to accomplish both ransom and
purification. In fact, sin and impurity, while distinct categories
in themselves, have this in common: each of them requires both
ransoming and purification. It is for this reason that kipper can
be used in both settings. This benchmark study concludes with a
careful examination of the famous sentence of Leviticus 17.11 that
'blood makes atonement' (kipper) and explains how, in the Priestly
ideology, blood sacrifice was able to accomplish both ransom and
purification. In fact, sin and impurity, while distinct categories
in themselves, have this in common: each of them requires both
ransoming and purification. It is for this reason that kipper can
be used in both settings. This benchmark study concludes with a
careful examination of the famous sentence of Leviticus 17.11 that
'blood makes atonement' (kipper) and explains how, in the Priestly
ideology, blood sacrifice was able to accomplish both ransom and
purification.
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