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Biblical Parallels Index – Parashat Vayikra

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Overview

This index is meant to help the reader explore Biblical parallels, be they two accounts of the same event or law, stories with similar motifs and themes, or units of text which are linguistically similar and perhaps alluding one to the other. The page includes links to tools that aid in comparison, primary sources that touch upon the parallels, and summaries of and links to articles which analyze them in depth.

Two Discussions of Sacrifices (Vayikra 1-5) introduces the sacrificial service, discussing each of the five types of offerings, the Olah (burnt offering), Minchah (flour offering), Shelamim (peace offering), Chattat (sin offering), and Asham (guilt offering), at length. Parashat Tzav (Vayikra 6-7) then discusses these same exact sacrifices yet again. What is the relationship between these two sets of chapters?How are the differences between the two to be explained?

Tools

• To compare the linguistic parallels between the two sets of chapters, see the Tanakh Lab.

Primary Sources

Articles

• See Relationship Between Vayikra 1-5 and 6-7 for discussion of why it is necessary to include two distinct units regarding the sacrifices and how to account for the unique aspects of each. The article surveys and analyzes commentators' approaches to the questions.  Many exegetes assume that the two units are meant to complement each other, noting that each is being addressed to a different audience or describing a distinct stages in the sacrificial process. R. D"Z Hoffmann, instead, posits that the laws of Vayikra 6-7 complement the laws regarding the Days of Consecration in Shemot 29, and not those of Parashat Vayikra.