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At this point, Leviticus seems like someone took a bunch of classical Levantine culture war grievances against the Greeks and Romans and just snuck them straigh
by kmeisthax 2y ago
At this point, Leviticus seems like someone took a bunch of classical Levantine culture war grievances against the Greeks and Romans and just snuck them straight into the Bible.
- adamtaylor_13 2y agoThis blog post is the first time I've ever heard someone suggest that the Hebrew Torah was written so recently. It should be noted that Leviticus is part of the Torah, parts of which are included in the Bible but predate the Bible as we know it by several centuries. The oral tradition of the Torah is even older than the written version, possibly even older than the Greeks themselves (though I'm no historian, so I don't cling to that idea stubbornly.)
- PessimalDecimal 2y agoApparently the same is true for the modern form of male circumcision which removes much more of the foreskin than was done prior. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit_milah#Judaism,_Christianity,_and_the_Early_Church_(4_BCE_%E2%80%93_150_CE) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit_milah#Judaism,_Christiani...