Abstract
In light of the current disparity of views regarding the dating of Leviticus and Ezra-Nehemiah, this study revisits similar traditions found in these books in order to gain a sense of logical progression. The author calls attention to elements from Leviticus which are present in Ezra-Nehemiah but not found elsewhere in the Torah. She argues for the chronological priority of significant cultic traditions from Leviticus over their counterparts in Ezra-Nehemiah.
Highlights
The significant dependence of Ezra-Nehemiah on Deuteronomic traditions is indisputable, but the relationship between EzraNehemiah and Leviticus is less clear.[1]
Scholarship has focused attention on social-political contexts recorded in EzraNehemiah which may have given rise to the writing of Leviticus, or parts of it
Many scholars have suggested that the book of Leviticus, or parts of it, were written in response to events recorded in EzraNehemiah.[2]
Summary
The question must be addressed, what is the relationship between the cultic traditions found in Ezra-Nehemiah to their counterparts in Leviticus? Who is revising whom, and where are the polemics? In this paper I examine this issue by looking at the most logical development of the law in several areas based on its language and interpretation. The question must be addressed, what is the relationship between the cultic traditions found in Ezra-Nehemiah to their counterparts in Leviticus? I call attention to elements from Leviticus which are present in Ezra-Nehemiah but are not found elsewhere in the Torah and argue for the chronological priority of these traditions over Ezra-Nehemiah. Boda, who analyzes the strands of priestly and Deuteronomic influence on Ezra-Nehemiah’s penitential prayers (Ezra 9; Nehemiah 1, 9) and overall theology; cf M. “Confession as Theological Expression: Ideological Origins of Penitential Prayer” in M. K. Falk, and R.A. Werline (eds.) Seeking the Favor of God. Volume 1: The Origins of Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism (SBLEJL, 21; Atlanta: SBL, 2006) 21–50. M. Olyan, “Purity Ideology in Ezra-Nehemiah as a Tool to Reconstitute the Community,” JSJ 35 (2004), 1–16. Douglas, “Responding to Ezra: The Priests and the Foreign Wives,” BibInt 10 (2002), 16–23
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