Enacting Atonement: The Narrative Logic of Sacrifice and Sonship in Leviticus
Biblical scholar Roy Edmonds McDaniel explores the theological and ritual architecture of the Levitical burnt offering in Leviticus 1:1–9. Utilizing narrative analysis, McDaniel demonstrates how ancient sacrificial practices foreshadow Christ's incarnate sacrifice, rooting the logic of substitutionary atonement in the eternal relational identity of God the Son for the church.