Sacrificial Laws of Leviticus and the Joseph Story

In this study, Calum Carmichael offers a new assessment of the Joseph story from the perspective of the biblical laws in Leviticus 1-10. These sacrificial laws, he argues, respond to the many problems in the first Israelite family. Understanding how ancient lawgivers thought about Joseph''s and his brothers'' troubling behavior leads to a greater appreciation of this complicated tale. The study of...