The book of Leviticus : composition and reception / edited by Rolf Rendtorff and Robert A. Kugler ; with the assistance of Sarah Smith Bartel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rendtorff, Rolf, 1925-

Kugler, Robert A.

Bartel, Sarah Smith.

Series:

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 93.

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum. Formation and interpretation of Old Testament literature ; 3.

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, 0083-5889 ; v. 93. Formation and interpretation of Old Testament literature ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Leviticus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (494 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume examines the formation, final form, themes, and interpretation of the Book of Leviticus. Contributors include well-known experts on Leviticus: Baruch Levine, Jacob Milgrom, Graeme Auld, Andreas Ruwe, and James Watts address Leviticus in its compositional and literary context; Alfred Marx, Mary Douglas, Walter Houston, and Adrian Schenker treat issues of cult and sacrifice; and Rene Peter-Contesse, Lester Grabbe, and Calum Carmichael discuss Leviticus on the priesthood. A groundbreaking section on Leviticus in translation and interpretation includes essays by Sarianna Metso and Eugene Ulrich, Martin McNamara, David Lane, Peter Flint, Robert Kugler, Bruce Chilton, Hannah Harrington, Gerhard Bodendorfer, Linda Schearing, and Judith Romney Wegner. These essays will serve students of Leviticus well for long time to come.

Contents:

Preliminary material / Editors THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS

INTRODUCTION / ROLF RENDTORFF

LEVITICUS: ITS LITERARY HISTORY AND LOCATION IN BIBLICAL LITERATURE / BARUCH A. LEVINE

HR IN LEVITICUS AND ELSEWHERE IN THE TORAH / JACOB MILGROM

LEVITICUS: AFTER EXODUS AND BEFORE NUMBERS / GRAEME AULD

THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS IN THE NARRATIVE OUTLINE OF THE PRIESTLY SINAI STORY (EXOD 19:1-NUM 10:10*) / ANDREAS RUWE

THE RHETORIC OF RITUAL INSTRUCTION IN LEVITICUS 1-7 / JAMES W. WATTS

THE THEOLOGY OF THE SACRIFICE ACCORDING TO LEVITICUS 1-7* / ALFRED MARX

THE GO-AWAY GOAT / MARY DOUGLAS

TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED READING OF THE DIETARY LAWS OF LEVITICUS / WALTER J. HOUSTON

WHAT CONNECTS THE INCEST PROHIBITIONS WITH THE OTHER PROHIBITIONS LISTED IN LEVITICUS 18 AND 20? / ADRIAN SCHENKER

LE SACERDOCE / RENÉ PÉTER-CONTESSE

THE PRIESTS IN LEVITICUS-IS THE MEDIUM THE MESSAGE? / LESTER L. GRABBE

DEATH AND SEXUALITY AMONG PRIESTS (LEVITICUS 21) / CALUM CARMICHAEL

THE OLD GREEK TRANSLATION OF LEVITICUS / SARIANNA METSO and EUGENE ULRICH

RECEPTION OF THE HEBREW TEXT OF LEVITICUS IN THE TARGUMS / MARTIN McNAMARA

THE RECEPTION OF LEVITICUS: PESHITTA VERSION / D. J. LANE

THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS / PETER W. FLINT

RETHINKING THE NOTION OF \'SCRIPTURE\' IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS: LEVITICUS AS A TEST CASE / ROBERT A. KUGLER

JESUS, LEVITICAL PURITY, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY / BRUCE CHILTON

THE RABBINIC RECEPTION OF LEVITICUS / HANNAH HARRINGTON

ﬣﬢﬣי ﬡני: GOD'S SELF-INTRODUCTORY FORMUlA IN LEVITICUS IN MID RASH SIFRA / GERHARD BODENDORFER

DOUBLE TIME ... DOUBLE TROUBLE? GENDER, SIN, AND LEVITICUS 12 / LINDA S. SCHEARING

\'COMING BEFORE THE LORD\': THE EXCLUSION OF WOMEN FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN OF THE ISRAELITE PRIESTLY CULT / JUDITH ROMNEY WEGNER

INDEX OF SELECTED SCRIPTURAL CITATIONS AND ANCIENT SOURCES / Editors THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS

INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS / Editors THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-46690-1

9786610466900

1-4175-1054-4

90-474-0164-6

OCLC:

171583124

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047401643 DOI