Dr. Anna Angelini is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zurich in the ERC project “How God became a Lawgiver” (www.divlaw.uzh.ch). She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Siena (Italy) and is the author of Dal Leviatano al drago: mostri marini e zoologia antica fra Grecia e Levante (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2018), and of L’imaginaire du démoniaque dans la Septante. Une analyse comparée de la notion de démon dans la Septante et dans la Bible Hébraïque (Leiden: Brill, 2021). She is co-editor with Peter Altmann and Abra Spiciarich of the volume Food Taboos and Biblical Prohibitions (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2020), and serves as associate editor for the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures (jhsonline.org).
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September 13, 2021
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Azazel plays the role of a deity in the biblical ritual of Yom Kippur, and in early interpretation, he played a central role as the initiator of sin and even the devil, or alternatively, as a protective figure. Later tradition obscured his identity, presenting Azazel as the name of a demon, as the scapegoat itself, and even as a place name.
Azazel plays the role of a deity in the biblical ritual of Yom Kippur, and in early interpretation, he played a central role as the initiator of sin and even the devil, or alternatively, as a protective figure. Later tradition obscured his identity, presenting Azazel as the name of a demon, as the scapegoat itself, and even as a place name.
