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Leviticus / Timothy M. Willis.

By: Series: Abingdon Old Testament commentariesPublication details: Nashville : Abingdon Press, ©2009.Description: xxvi, 241 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781426700170
  • 1426700172
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 222/.1307 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1255.53 .W55 2009
Summary: Leviticus is one of those OT books that modern readers tend to avoid on the basis of an undeserved reputation alone. Many assume that its laws and instructions - especially those concerning animal sacrifices - are irrelevant to the religious life of Western readers. This assumption does not take into account the theological principles demonstrated by these teachings and demonstrated in the cultic rituals and affairs of daily life mentioned in the book. Within the narrative arc of the Pentateuch, the laws of Leviticus represent a program for restoring the original created order, an order that has been disrupted by human sin. Leviticus prepares for and presents a world that is to be dominated by life, which is manifested by humans in cultic purity and daily holiness. As such, the book constitutes a challenge and an encouragement to believers of every generation, as they strive to live the life that God originally intended for humanity.
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BS 1255.3 .H37 1980 Leviticus, an introduction and commentary / BS 1255.3 .N613 Leviticus ; a commentary. BS 1255.53 .T53 2005 The message of Leviticus : free to be holy / BS 1255.53 .W55 2009 Leviticus / BS 1263 .S78 1976 Numbers / BS 1265 .G7 1965 A critical and exegetical commentary on Numbers / BS 1265.3 .W46 1981 Numbers : an introduction and commentary /

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-241).

Leviticus is one of those OT books that modern readers tend to avoid on the basis of an undeserved reputation alone. Many assume that its laws and instructions - especially those concerning animal sacrifices - are irrelevant to the religious life of Western readers. This assumption does not take into account the theological principles demonstrated by these teachings and demonstrated in the cultic rituals and affairs of daily life mentioned in the book. Within the narrative arc of the Pentateuch, the laws of Leviticus represent a program for restoring the original created order, an order that has been disrupted by human sin. Leviticus prepares for and presents a world that is to be dominated by life, which is manifested by humans in cultic purity and daily holiness. As such, the book constitutes a challenge and an encouragement to believers of every generation, as they strive to live the life that God originally intended for humanity.

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