Stinktiere kommen in der Bibel nicht vor – aber Geruch schon, und zwar auf seltsame Weise

Skunks are not in the Bible. They are North American, and no biblical writer ever met one. Smell, though, runs right through Scripture, and it is used for something no one expects. The aroma The sacrificial instructions repeat a phrase dozens of times: the offering is an aroma pleasing to the Lord (Leviticus 1:9). It is a startlingly physical way to describe worship, and the writers knew it. The prophets attack the idea directly when the offerings are made by…