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Leviticus 1-16: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary

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Jacob Milgrom was a scholar of Hebrew Bible and priestly ritual law, and this volume, part of the Anchor Bible commentary series published by Doubleday, is a detailed academic translation and commentary on the first half of Leviticus, working from the Hebrew text alongside comparative ancient Near Eastern ritual material. Its strength is Milgrom's specialist command of priestly and purity law, widely regarded among biblical scholars as one of the most thorough treatments of Leviticus's ritual system available. Its limit is that as a technical academic commentary aimed at scholars and advanced students, it assumes background in biblical Hebrew and critical method rather than serving as an introductory guide, and it covers only the first sixteen chapters of Leviticus, not the whole book.

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Jacob Milgrom's Anchor Bible commentary on the first half of Leviticus, the standard modern reference for the classes of offering, arguing that the chatat offering purges the sanctuary rather than the offerer.
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The Anchor Bible commentary on the first half of Leviticus. It is the standard modern reference for the classes of offering and it argues the case that chatat purges the sanctuary rather than the offerer.
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Author
Jacob Milgrom
Publisher
Doubleday
Publication Year
1991
URL
https://archive.org/details/leviticus11600jaco
Source Type
Scholarly work
Claims Backed By This Source (76 claims)

This source backs 76 claims across the atlas. As facts: 53 well-attested, 6 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 3 connected. Plus 12 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Rituals, 25 claims: 12 well-attested, 5 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 7 general references.
  • Open Questions, 18 claims: 14 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
  • Articles, 17 claims: 15 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
  • Animals & Totems, 7 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 1 general references.
  • Prayers, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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