In the stark, unforgiving wilderness of the ancient Levant, a ritual was performed to cleanse a nation: the sending of a goat to 'Azazel.' But who—or what—was this mysterious entity? We’re delving ...

‘And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat…. And the goat on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the ...