Footnote 5 – Was There a Seven-Branched Lampstand in Solomon’s Temple?
The following are some examples of the kind of work which has helped to establish an early date for some of the P traditions: Frank M. Cross, Jr., “The Priestly Tabernacle,” Biblical Archaeologist 10 (1947), 45–68. Avi Hurwitz, “The Usage of ses and bus in The Bible and its Implications for the Date of P” Harvard Theological Review 60 (1967), 117–121. Jacob Milgrom, “The Alleged Wave—Offering in Israel and in the Ancient Near East,” Israel Exploration Journal 22 (1972), 33–38. Jacob Milgrom, Studies in Levitical Terminology I (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1970). Ephraim Speiser, “Leviticus and the Cities,” Oriental and Biblical Studies Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1967, 173–142.