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Message of Leviticus
The Bible Speaks Today Series
For most Christians today, there is no
message of Leviticus, for Leviticus
goes unread. Yet Leviticus was the
first priority in Jewish instruction of
the law of Moses. Jesus and his hearers
knew Leviticus well and took its
teachings to heart.
The documentary hypothesis that reigned
supreme over Pentateuchal studies for
most of the twentieth century undercut
the internal coherence of Leviticus
that swayed the Jews of the New
Testament period, speculating that
rather than originating with Moses,
Leviticus was the nostalgic revisionist
history of Judaic reformers in exile.
But more recently, such theories have
fallen from favor, and Leviticus is
being reconsidered for its historical
representation of the ancient and
foundational era of the Jews.
Derek Tidball explores the picture in
Leviticus of Israel being brought
together under the law of Moses. Here
is a definitive presentation of what
life as the people of God was to be
like: the civic, cultic, religious,
moral, legal, family and ritual
expectations of the covenant community.
In accessible prose, Tidball reveals
the message brought to the Jews by
Leviticus in their day, making room for
us to grasp its message to us in our
day.
- Type: Paperback
- Pages: 329
- ISBN: 9780830824311
- SKU: 9780830824311
- Publisher: Intervarsity Press