A *sin-offering *sacrificed on *Yom Kippur. On Yom Kippur, lots were cast between two goats. One was slaughtered and the other, the scapegoat, was dedicated to *Azazel and released into the wilderness. After the destruction of the *Temple in 70CE, the...

To cast blame upon someone for another’s...

SCAPEGOAT. Scapegoat rituals are among the oldest known rituals. A more rudimentary form is already found in two texts from Ebla dating to the later third millennium BCE, but the first full-fledged descriptions come from outlying parts of the Hittite...

The Scapegoat by William Holman Hunt, 1854. Hunt had this framed in a picture with the quotations "Surely he hath borne our Griefs and carried our Sorrows; Yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of GOD and afflicted." (Isaiah 53:4) and "And the Goat...

What is normally meant when someone is described as a scapegoat is that the person is being blamed for something more than he or she deserves and that some blame could or should in all fairness be directed at others. In the realm...

The Chris Gill Column Chris Gill is a theatre nurse who sees it and tells it like it is. So stand well back... These creatures are rarely seen, since they evolve and change their form so quickly that no one who sees...

A $70 million lawsuit filed by Dan Rather alleges CBS and its former parent company intentionally botched the aftermath of a discredited story about President Bush's military service to curry favor with the administration.CBS spokesman Dana McClintock called Rather's complaints "old news" and said the...

The United States should not use a few tainted Chinese products as an excuse to smear the country's reputation of being a reliable source of safe exports, a state-run newspaper said Thursday.The editorial in the China Daily came amid worldwide worries over a growing list...