Andrei Orlov (2009), "Azazel as the Celestial Scapegoat". An excerpt (pp. 79-111) from his contribution "The Eschatological Yom Kippur in the Apocalypse of Abraham: Part I: The Scapegoat Ritual" to A. Orlov and B. Lourié, eds., Symbola Caelestis. Le symbolisme liturgique et paraliturgique dans le monde Chrétien.
Sacks, Jonathan. "The Scapegoat", RabbiSacks.org. Accessed June 9, 2026. "In 1530 William Tyndale produced the first English translation of the Hebrew Bible, an act then illegal and for which he paid with his life. Seeking to translate Azazel into English, he called it 'the escapegoat,' i.e. the goat that was sent away and released. In the course of time, the first letter was dropped, and the word 'scapegoat' was born."