Product Description: This study explores the vocabulary employed in the extant text of "Leviticus". The chosen methodology of rhetorical analysis (with an emphasis upon terminological patterns) shows a carefully composed text. The basic working hypothesis that "Leviticus" has been artistically structured around 37 divine speeches ("and the Lord spoke/sad to Moses (and Aaron)") with chapter 16 as its possible structural and theological centre has been substantiated both on the microstructural and macrostructural levels...read more