Leviticus

by Ephraim Radner, Robert Jenson (Editor), Robert Wilken (Editor), Ephraim Radner (Editor), Michael Root (Editor)

Overview

This volume, like each in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible, is designed to serve the church—through aid in preaching, teaching, study groups, and so forth—and demonstrate the continuing intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of the Bible.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781587435218
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/15/2020
Series:	Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	1,149,323
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ephraim Radner (PhD, Yale University) is professor of historical theology at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, and is the author of The End of the Church.

Table of Contents

Series Preface     9
Preface     15
Abbreviations     16
Introduction     17
Prologue     29
Leviticus 1:1-2a     35
Leviticus 1:2b-3:17     41
Leviticus 4:1-5:13     57
Leviticus 5:14-19     66
Leviticus 6:1-7     73
Leviticus 6:8-7:38     79
Leviticus 8-9     87
Leviticus 10     96
Leviticus 11     106
Leviticus 12     120
Leviticus 13-14     135
Leviticus 15     148
Leviticus 16     160
Leviticus 17     172
Leviticus 18     186
Leviticus 19:1-2     201
Leviticus 19:3-37     210
Leviticus 20     219
Leviticus 21-22     225
Leviticus 23:1-24:9     237
Leviticus 24:10-23     257
Leviticus 25-26     265
Leviticus 27     279
Epilogue     287
Bibliography     300
Subject Index     306
Scripture Index     312

Editorial Reviews

The book of Leviticus, largely given over to the details of ancient Israelite ritual, plays little role in the life of most Christians. Evangelical commentator Radner (historical theology, Wycliffe Coll., Univ. of Toronto; The End of the Church) believes this is unfortunate, for Leviticus provides the theological categories for understanding the death of Jesus as the sacrifice that Christians believe reconciles humans to God. As part of the "Theological Commentary on the Bible" series, this volume focuses on reading the text theologically as sacred Scripture-as distinct from a modern historical-critical approach. This opens space to long-ignored precritical readings. But on the other hand, Radner allows questions surrounding the normative character of the text to remain curiously nebulous. Likewise, by focusing on the theological to the exclusion of the sociological, cultural, political, and historical contexts of the text, the lessons of the text seem disturbingly disincarnate and abstract. Nonetheless, even those who challenge this series' conception of "theological" will find insight and food for thought in this remarkable, if basically flawed, commentary. Recommended for academic libraries.
—Steve Young

Library Journal