Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Biblical Literature, Leviticus

The cultic and priestly laws presented in Exodus are expanded to take up virtually the whole of Leviticus, the Latin Vulgate title for the third of the Five Books of Moses, which may be translated the Book (or Manual) of Priests. With one exception (chapters 8 - 10), the narrative portions are brief connective or introductory devices to give an ostensibly narrative framework

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