Religion, Bible Studies

Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus: From Sacrifice to Scripture

Name: Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus: From Sacrifice to Scripture
Author: James W. Watts
ISBN: 9780521871938

by James W. Watts

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Synopsis

This book uses rhetorical analysis to expose the motives behind the writing of this central book of the Torah/Pentateuch.

About the Author, James W. Watts

James W. Watts is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Religion at Syracuse University. He is the author of Psalm and Story: Inset Hymns in Hebrew Narratives (1992), Reading Law: the Rhetorical Shaping of the Pentateuch (1999) and editor of Persia and Torah: The Theory of the Imperial Authorization of the Pentateuch (2001).