'H,' or the Holiness Code, was first recognized as a short body of Kohanite legal texts beginning in Leviticus 19. Israel Knohl, however, argues in his book, The Sanctuary of Silence, for a much more extensive 'H' source placed chronologically after 'P.' This 'H' layer popularized Kohanite law for the masses after the Temple was destroyed, and functioned as an intermediary between Kohanite lists and laws and the surrounding narrative. 'H' mainly features in Exodus-Joshua, and is confined in the Book of Genesis to just a few verses in Parashat Toldot.
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Contributed by Tzemaḥ Yoreh | the Mesorah (TaNaKh) | the Mesorah (Masoretic kernel 'E') | the Mesorah (Masoretic layer 'J') | the Mesorah (Masoretic layer 'P') | Masoretic layer 'H' | the Mesorah (Masoretic layer 'B') | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | ❧
The text of parashat Ki Tissa, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .
Contributed by Tzemaḥ Yoreh | the Mesorah (TaNaKh) | the Mesorah (Masoretic layer 'P') | Masoretic layer 'H' | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | ❧
The text of parashat Vayaqhel, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .
Contributed by Tzemaḥ Yoreh | the Mesorah (TaNaKh) | the Mesorah (Masoretic layer 'P') | Masoretic layer 'H' | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | ❧
The text of parashat Piqudei, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .
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