Entity
Sacrificial substitution
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An offering replaces a person or another offering in a particular text; this alone establishes neither ritual origin nor borrowing.
Text
Genesis 22:13 offers a ram instead of Isaac after halting the son’s death. In the opening of Iphigenia in Tauris, a deer replaces the heroine and ArtemisArtemisGoddess of hunting in Greek traditions and Apollo’s sister, named among the divine company in the Iliad.Glossary · Click to read the explanation carries her elsewhere. Substitution does not give the accounts identical functions. [1][14]
Al Saffat 37:107 mentions a great sacrifice without naming the animal or describing horns. Later identification must be attributed to its source. RitualsRitualAn organised or distinguished practice meaningful to a community; it may leave traces, but its form alone does not reveal an associated doctrine.Glossary · Click to read the explanation, laws and social practices require their own evidence. [10]
References and notes
- Complete chapter; binding verb 22:9. Genesis 22:1–24; KJV; Hebrew 22:9 checked at Sefaria Return to the text ↑
- Al Saffat 99–113. Quran, Al Saffat 37:99–113; Arabic text Return to the text ↑
- Specified opening scene. Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, opening 1–41; Gilbert Murray historical translation Return to the text ↑
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IL Archive, «Sacrificial substitution», Edition 2, https://ilarchive.com/en/entities/sacrificial-substitution