biting criticism of sacrifice in prophetic literature. But that community was responsible for preserving and editing the teaching of the prophets, and it saw nothing wrong in resuming the sacrificial cult in the temple. Given the proper attitude in the hearts and minds of the worshippers, an inner spirituality could be genuinely expressed through “right sacrifices,” a phrase which can mean either sacrifices offered according to the right ritual, or sacrifices offered by people who are right with
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