Download or read book Cult and Character written by Roy Gane and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roy Gane critically evaluates Jacob Milgrom's purification-offering theory but ultimately affirms and expands on his seminal insight that theodicy is foundational to the Israelite expiatory system. Gane's conclusions are derived from exegetical study of Hebrew ritual texts and by adapting a systems theory approach to human activity systems.