The Sin of Ham and the Curse of Canaan
Here’s a heart-warming story from the Bible: Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard. He drank some of the wine and became drunk, and he lay uncovered in his tent. And Ham, the...
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I have long assumed there was a connection between the prohibition of pig flesh in Leviticus 11 with the use of pigs in sacrifices to chthonic (i.e., netherworld) deities in various Indo-European...
View ArticleHoffman on Leviticus: Why We Study Sacrifices
Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman offers a very helpful reflection on Leviticus and its place in contemporary Judaism: Moses’ opening instruction provides a broader picture: “When you offer a sacrifice from...
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