Existing Studies Referenced

Prior Studies (from PROMPT.md Prior Research Summary)

atone-01

• Established Path 1 vs. Path 2 chattat distinction
• When anointed priest or congregation sins (Path 1): blood enters Holy Place, carcass burned outside camp (Lev 4:12, 21)
• When ruler or commoner sins (Path 2): blood stays in courtyard, priest eats flesh
• Lev 6:30 governs the split: when blood goes inside, flesh goes outside

atone-02

• kaphar maps to three Greek domains: hilaskomai, aphiemi, katharizo
• Blood functions as both purifier (expiation) and shield (propitiation)
• Two LXX translation streams: taher→katharizo (Heb 9:23 purification) and kapporeth→hilasterion (Rom 3:25 propitiation)

atonement-frameworks

• Identified four distinct frameworks for Christ's death
• Heb 13:11-12 classified as a chattat-framework argument

sanc-06

• Mapped complete circuit: sin flows inward to sanctuary during the year, outward to scapegoat on DOA
• The "outside" burning is part of the inward-flow mechanism

sanc-08

• Second Temple's Most Holy Place was empty — no ark, no mercy seat
• When the veil tore, it revealed God's absence from that space
• The true presence was on the cross outside the city wall

sanc-18

• Blood carries nephesh/life (Lev 17:11)
• Spatial separation of blood (inside) from carcass (outside) = separation of life-principle from death

sanc-22

• taher→katharizo traced into Heb 9:23
• Author of Hebrews uses DOA purification vocabulary for heavenly counterpart

jesus-guilt-vs-sin-offering

• Jesus bore sin in a priestly and sacrificial capacity without becoming personally guilty