Language:
English
Year of publication:
2024
Titel der Quelle:
Harvard Theological Review
Angaben zur Quelle:
117,1 (2024) 1-20
Keywords:
Levi document Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Priests, Jewish In post-biblical literature
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Jewish law in post-biblical literature
Abstract:
In this article, I propose a new reading for both law and narrative in the Aramaic Levi Document (ALD). In the first section, I show that the passage of “the law of the priesthood” pertains to the daily morning service in the Temple. In the second section, I suggest that the narrative that contains these instructions, in which Isaac speaks to Levi at Abraham’s home, exegetically connects the laws to the story of Isaac, whose father offered him up on an altar, and reflects a priestly theology that views the priest himself as an offering.
DOI:
10.1017/S0017816023000421
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