Tonight, Jews worldwide begin the process of purification which is Yom Kippur. Davila has pointed (at a remove) to the history of this holy day.
As so often in modern "Judaism" the meaning of this day has shifted. Sukkot(h) was the holiday for which Yom Kippur was a mere preparation. One major reference to Kippur comes within the Holiness Code - Lev 17-26 - which postdates the core of Ezra. (Nehemia / 2 Esdras, I dunno. Qumran semifamously dinno either.) Thereby Lev 16 looks sus, as well: postEzra preHoliness?
The priesthood of Torah sans Lev 16/17-26 is Egyptian if you follow Freud; counterEgyptian if Manetho (nowadays Carmichael). But akītu was Bavli and its Kuppuru, not all that different from the Judaeans'. Ezra didn't play up "kippur" but, these scholars argue, maybe his successors did.
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