Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 21 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 21 The similarity between these Assyrian ceremonies and the Hebrew rites is too striking to require much comment. In both instances, we have the sin or disease communicated to the goat or deer-like animal which is let loose in the waste places to roam as a thing accurst. Furthermore, in Nr. 2 the disease is placed upon the head of the animal, as in the Hebrew record, and in both accounts the element of purification is essentially the same. There can be no doubt that animals of the goat family were recognized as types of the demons of the waste who were endowed with baleful in¿uence against man, and who were in fact regarded as the chief cause of disease. In this connection should be compared Isa. Xiii. 21, xxxiv. 14. In 2 Chr. Xi. 15 and Lev. Xvii. 7, the se'irim are mentioned as receiving worship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.