The Textualization of Priestly Ritual in Light of Hittite Sources

IMAGINE THE COVER-UP OF THE CENTURY. What if yet another cave had been discovered in Qumran, but its contents were so startling that they were never revealed to the public? What if in this cave was found the genizah of the Priestly school, containing the discarded rough drafts of ritual texts that ultimately were included—in a much more polished form—in the Priestly materials of the Pen tateuch? What would be the implications of such a discovery? While this scenario is a mere fantasy of a biblical scholar, we do have some very real evidence that might shed light