Abstract
The review article offers an extensive critique on the recent book by Benjamin Kilchor. The article approaches his work from the perspective of Leviticus and recent debates on this biblical book. It starts by examining with Kilchor’s introduction and the methodology he selects, and then focuses on Leviticus 19 and 25 and their diachronic relation to texts from Exodus and Deuteronomy. The article finds many of the arguments offered by Kilchor to be wanting.
Highlights
The review article offers a critique on the recent book by Benjamin Kilchör
I approach his work from the perspective of Leviticus and recent debates on this biblical book
Kilchör never offers any dating of texts, but he is interested in the diachronic relationship between texts, which means ascertaining which text is younger or older than another.[7]
Summary
The book under discussion could be understood as the continuation of a trend in Pentateuch scholarship towards synchrony.[1]. 750 Meyer, “When Synchrony Overtakes,” OTE 30/3 (2017): 749-769 an interest in the historical context of the text.[5] Whereas Ruwe and Warning read the book of Leviticus (or in Ruwe’s case only the Holiness Code) synchronically, Kilchör read the whole of the Pentateuch synchronically, but basically argued that the synchronic order of the books (i.e. Deuteronomy last) should be regarded as the diachronic order, which means that Deuteronomy is both the last book and the youngest.[6] The present review focuses on the work of Kilchör from the perspective of Leviticus and especially certain chapters in the Holiness Code. The problem, put, is : How could the Holiness Code be younger than Deuteronomy if the current order of the books seems to imply that Deuteronomy is a re-interpretation of previous laws codes?
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