Prof. Julia Rhyder is Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Lausanne in 2018 and is the author of Centralizing the Cult: The Holiness Legislation in Leviticus 17–26, published in the Forschungen zum Alten Testament series (Mohr Siebeck 2019). She received the 2021 David Noel Freedman Award for Excellence and Creativity in Hebrew Bible Scholarship for her work on the pig prohibition in ancient Judaism.
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The sanctification of all Israel in Leviticus 17–26—expanding the obligation to be holy from the priests to a collective requirement for all Israelites—further elevates the priesthood to a hegemonic social position.
The sanctification of all Israel in Leviticus 17–26—expanding the obligation to be holy from the priests to a collective requirement for all Israelites—further elevates the priesthood to a hegemonic social position.
