The Impact of Yom Kippur on Early Christianity: The Day of Atonement from Second Temple Judaism to the Fifth Century

by Daniel Stökl BenEzra and Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra

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 Stokl 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3161480929
• ISBN13: 9783161480928
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Length: 445 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"