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History of a Word: Scapegoat

January 26, 2015 / abbeylw / Leave a comment

Recently learned the origins of the word 'scapegoat', so thought I would share it as I found it quite interesting. Scapegoat, Hebrew Saʿir La-ʿazaʾzel,  (“goat for Azazel”), in the Old Testament ritual of Yom Kippur (Lev. 16:8–10), a goat symbolically burdened with the sins of the Jewish people. Some scholars believe that the animal was chosen by … Continue reading History of a Word: Scapegoat

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