Hello all,
I'm wondering if anyone can help me with a question I have. Way back in college, about fifteen years ago, a religion professor of mine referred to a sacrifice described twice in the Torah. It was the same sacrifice, but each description explicitly forbade the technique the other said was the only acceptable way to prepare it.
One passage (I believe it was in Deuteronomy) said the meat had to be boiled and not burnt. The other said the exact opposite.
I'm afraid that's all I can recall. I'm fairly certain the animal sacrificed was a cow, but I don't remember what the sacrifice was for. If anyone knows what I'm talking about and can give me chapter and verse, I'd be extremely grateful.
(I realize this seems fairly picayune, considering the usual flash points between skeptics and believers, but I find this sort of textual disagreement is harder to rationalize than those where emotions run high and a look at context usually settles things, at least in one person's mind.)
Thanks in advance for any help.
I'm wondering if anyone can help me with a question I have. Way back in college, about fifteen years ago, a religion professor of mine referred to a sacrifice described twice in the Torah. It was the same sacrifice, but each description explicitly forbade the technique the other said was the only acceptable way to prepare it.
One passage (I believe it was in Deuteronomy) said the meat had to be boiled and not burnt. The other said the exact opposite.
I'm afraid that's all I can recall. I'm fairly certain the animal sacrificed was a cow, but I don't remember what the sacrifice was for. If anyone knows what I'm talking about and can give me chapter and verse, I'd be extremely grateful.
(I realize this seems fairly picayune, considering the usual flash points between skeptics and believers, but I find this sort of textual disagreement is harder to rationalize than those where emotions run high and a look at context usually settles things, at least in one person's mind.)
Thanks in advance for any help.
