Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus

Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus uses rhetorical analysis to expose the motives behind the writing of the central book of the Torah/Pentateuch and its persuasive function in ancient Judaism. The answer to the question, ''who was trying to persuade whom of what by writing these texts?'' proves to be quite consistent throughout Leviticus 1-16: Aaronide high priests and their supporters used this boo...