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A sin-eater is a person who consumes a ritual meal in order to spiritually take on the sins of a deceased person. The food was believed to absorb the sins of a recently dead person, thus absolving the soul of the person. Cultural anthropologists and folklorists classify sin-eating as a form of ritual.
These typical rituals were done away with when type met anti-type in the death of Christ. [4] The other elements of the law of Moses that did not point specifically to Christ were not nailed to the cross. Scholars today typically understand the Greek word cheirographon which was nailed to the cross to be the record of sin. [5]
The Ritual Decalogue [1] is a list of laws at Exodus 34:11–26.These laws are similar to the Covenant Code and are followed by the phrase "Ten Commandments" (Hebrew: עשרת הדברים aseret ha-dvarîm, in Exodus 34:28).
The 'burial-cakes' which are still made in parts of rural England, for example Lincolnshire and Cumberland, are almost certainly a relic of sin-eating. One doed-koeck recipe called for fourteen pounds of flour, six pounds of sugar, five pounds of butter, one quart of water, two teaspoons of pearl ash, two tablespoons of salt, and one ounce of ...
From the high priest: one young bull for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering; From the people of Israel: two goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering; Regarding the people's two goats: lots were chosen, and one became a sacrifice, while the other became the scapegoat. [10]
Sacred food as offering is a concept within anthropology regarding the study of food as it relates to religious ritual.. Many religions have prescriptions about the correct preparation and cooking of food, besides the taboos about forbidden subjects.
Some Christian monks, such as the Trappists, have adopted a vegetarian policy of abstinence from eating meat. [35] A vegan Ethiopian Yetsom beyaynetu, compatible with fasting rules. During Lent some Christian communities, such as Orthodox Christians in the Middle East, undertake partial fasting eating only one light meal per day. [36]
Ōharae no Kotoba (Japanese: 大祓のことば) is a norito (Shinto prayers or congratulatory words) used in some Shinto rituals. [1] It is also called Nakatomi Saimon, Nakatomi Exorcism Words, or Nakatomi Exorcism for short, because it was originally used in the Ōharae-shiki ceremony and the Nakatomi clan were solely responsible for reading it.