The Book of Leviticus
Composition and Reception
Published on 14. December 2002
Book
Hardback
496 pages
978-90-04-12634-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
864 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-12634-3 (9789004126343)
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Persons
Robert A. Kugler is the Paul S. Wright Professor of Christian Studies at Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Leviticus at Qumran (Brill, forthcoming).
Rolf Rendtorff is Professor Emeritus, University of Heidelberg. He has published extensively on the Pentateuch, and particularly on Leviticus and topics related to it.
Rolf Rendtorff is Professor Emeritus, University of Heidelberg. He has published extensively on the Pentateuch, and particularly on Leviticus and topics related to it.