I am wanting to learn about the temple sacrifice in the OT . Can someone recommend a historian who has dealt with this? I’m thinking someone like NT Wright, but I dont think he has dealt with this issue…
Ideally it would cover temple sacrfice in the time of the OT, as well as the temple sacrifice at the time of Jesus in context with pagan sagrafice at that time, and the practices of the early church. I am looking for solid well respected historians who would be respected across the board, not fringy people (ex: NT Wright=good, Jesus Seminar=bad)
thanks!

Re: historical background of temple sacrifice?
The most useful book that I’ve read on the topic was Judaism: Practice and Belief 63 BCE - 66 CE, by E.P. Sanders. It was a college text, and a very good read.