What is the Scapegoat theory of atonement?
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 7086 The term “scapegoat” has passed so thoroughly into ordinary language, used to describe anyone blamed for things they did not do, that its biblical origins can become obscured. The original scapegoat appears in Leviticus 16, as part of the Day of Atonement ritual, and it provides one of the most vivid pictures in…