Sefer Vayikra: Archaeology
This video is part of the Sefer Study series.
This is an analysis of the Archaeology of the Sefer by Mr. Nachliel Selavan.
Archaeology Snapshot is a discussion on the location, timeline, main characters and highlights from history and archaeology, for each Sefer in Tanach.
Sefer Vayikra takes place in the Sinai wilderness during the first and second years of the Exodus.
The highlights for this episode include an exploration of the roots of Korbanot - animal sacrifice, Ketoret - incense, as well as freedom and slavery, ancient treatices and covenants, agriculture and the measurement of time, and the laws of ritual purity and impurity.
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Nachliel Selavan, MA Ed, originally from Jerusalem’s Old City, is back in Israel after seven years of teaching full-time in the United States, developing his unique and engaging method of learning Torah through tour, travel and archaeology.
Nachliel created and delivered an integrated learning and museum tour program for both school and adult educational settings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and has hosted similar pilot visits to a dozen museums in North America, and a few museums in Europe and in Jerusalem. He also teaches and engages audiences through virtual tours and social media, and has recently completes Tanach Study Plus - delivering a weekly episode of Archaeology on the Parasha.
