Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus uses rhetorical analysis to expose
the motives behind the writing of the central book of the
Torah/Pentateuch and its persuasive function in ancient Judaism.
The answer to the question, 'who was trying to persuade whom of
what by writing these texts?' proves to be quite consistent
throughout Leviticus 1-16: Aaronide high priests and their
supporters used this book to legitimize their monopoly over the
ritual offerings of Jews and Samaritans. With this priestly
rhetoric at its center, the Torah supported the rise to power of
two priestly dynasties in Second Temple Judaism. Their ascendancy
in turn elevated the prestige and rhetorical power to the book,
making it the first real scripture in Near Eastern and Western
religious traditions.
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