How Long to Read Law, Legend, and Incest in the Bible

How Long Does it Take to Read Law, Legend, and Incest in the Bible?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 1 minute to read Law, Legend, and Incest in the Bible by Calum M. Carmichael

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Interpreting the perennially perplexing sexual regulations of Leviticus 1820 in a radically new way, Calum M. Carmichael offers a key to understanding not only the texts themselves but also the nature of lawgiving throughout the Pentateuch. Carmichael identifies and offers solutions to puzzles such as why the lawgiver explicitly prohibits certain obviously wrongful acts (such as a son's intercourse with a mother), but not others (such as full brother with sister), why he censures children instead of adults in taboo couplings, and why rules not connected with incest (prohibiting Molech worship and intercourse with a menstruating woman) are included with rules about incest. Reading these laws against the events described in Genesis, Carmichael asserts that the conduct of biblical ancestors--from Lot's fathering of children with his daughters to Abraham's marriage to his half-sister--was the inspiration for the incest rules in Leviticus. He maintains that the Levitical codes cannot be separated from their larger narrative framework. Invaluable for biblical interpretation, Carmichael's approach also has broader applications, clarifying as it does the tendency of lawmakers to formulate general rules in response not to obvious but rather to idiosyncratic problems.

How long is Law, Legend, and Incest in the Bible?

Law, Legend, and Incest in the Bible by Calum M. Carmichael is 236 pages long, and a total of 60,416 words.

This makes it 80% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Law, Legend, and Incest in the Bible Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to read Law, Legend, and Incest in the Bible aloud.

What Reading Level is Law, Legend, and Incest in the Bible?

Law, Legend, and Incest in the Bible is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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