Ritual and rhetoric in Leviticus from sacrifice to scripture. - Watts, James W. 1960- (Cambridge Cambridge university press, 2007)
Introduction : ritual text and ritual interpretation -- The rhetoric of ritual instruction -- The rhetoric of burnt offerings -- The rhetoric of sin, guilt, and ritual offerings -- The rhetoric of ritual narrative -- The rhetoric of atonement -- The rhetoric priesthood -- The rhetoric of sacrifice -- The rhetoric of Scripture.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. -- Language, style; Cohanim; Purity, Ritual -- Judaism; Ritual; 222.3 -- Exodus. Leviticus. Numeri