Brian_cali wrote..

Contemporary Judaism...recognizes that the sections of the Tanach that Christian monarchs in medieval Europe edited into "Leviticus" (and that are most popularly quoted by American Christians today in their anti-gay crusade) are the laws governing Levite rabbis and rabbinical/temple assistants, not the general population (or even the other 11 tribes).

Leviticus 18 (Stone Edition Tanach) opens with "Hashem spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the Children of Israel and say to them..."

If Leviticus 18:21, "You shall not lie with a man as one lies with a woman, it is an abomination" is limited to the Levites, shall we be consistent and conclude that the preceding verse prohibiting child sacrifice to Molech, and the following verse prohibiting bestiality only apply to the Levites as well?

I am not familiar with 'Contemporary Judaism' but your assertion is not 'recognized' in traditional (Orthodox) Judaism.

Shabbat Shalom

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