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

• Superior document: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, v. 93. Formation and interpretation of Old Testament literature ; 3
• TeilnehmendeR: Rendtorff, Rolf, 1925-; Kugler, Robert A.; Bartel, Sarah Smith.
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 93.; Supplements to Vetus Testamentum. Formation and interpretation of Old Testament literature ; 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (494 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.

Table of 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.