{"id":5921,"date":"2015-03-22T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T17:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbu.edu\/seminary\/?p=5921"},"modified":"2022-12-06T00:09:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T06:09:36","slug":"the-book-of-leviticus-gordon-wenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbu.edu\/seminary\/the-book-of-leviticus-gordon-wenham\/","title":{"rendered":"The Book of Leviticus, Gordon Wenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Click on the title to order from Amazon; your purchase helps 海角原创. You can also click on the button to view the full Pastor&#8217;s Library<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/mn\/search\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwmbbcedusem-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3A0802825222&amp;field-keywords=0802825222&amp;url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;ajr=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Book of Leviticus. New International Commentary on the Old Testament<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=wwwmbbcedusem-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Wenham, Gordon J.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Leviticus used to be the first book that Jewish children studied in the synagogue. In the modern church it tends to be the last part of the Bible that anyone looks at seriously. Because Leviticus is largely concerned with subjects that seem incomprehensible and irrelevant today \u2014 rituals for sacrifice and regulations concerning uncleanness \u2014 it appears to have nothing to say to twenty-first-century Christians. In this excellent commentary on Leviticus, Gordon Wenham takes with equal seriousness both the plain original meaning of the text and its abiding theological value. To aid in reconstructing the original meaning of the text, Wenham draws from studies of Old Testament ritual and sacrifice that compare and contrast biblical customs with the practices of other Near Eastern cultures. He also closely examines the work of social anthropologists and expertly utilizes the methods of literary criticism to bring out the biblical author\u2019s special interests. In pursuit of his second aim, to illumine the enduring theological value of Leviticus, Wenham discusses at the end of each section how the Old Testament passages relate to the New Testament and to contemporary Christianity. In doing so, he not only shows how pervasive Levitical ideas are in the New Testament but also highlights in very practical ways the enduring claim of God\u2019s call to holiness on the lives of Christians today.&#8221; -Amazon<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here are some other books on Leviticus that might interest you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/mn\/search\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwmbbcedusem-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3A0849902037&amp;field-keywords=0849902037&amp;url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;ajr=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leviticus. Word Biblical Commentary<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=wwwmbbcedusem-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Hartley, John E.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/mn\/search\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwmbbcedusem-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3A0830825037&amp;field-keywords=0830825037&amp;url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;ajr=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leviticus. Apollos Old Testament Commentary<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=wwwmbbcedusem-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Nobuyoshi Kiuchi.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/mn\/search\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwmbbcedusem-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3A0805401032&amp;field-keywords=0805401032&amp;url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;ajr=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leviticus. The New American Commentary<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=wwwmbbcedusem-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>.\u00a0 Rooker, Mark.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/mn\/search\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwmbbcedusem-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3A0801031346&amp;field-keywords=0801031346&amp;url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;ajr=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holiness to the Lord: A Guide to the Exposition of the Book of Leviticus<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=wwwmbbcedusem-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>.\u00a0 Ross, Allen P.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click on the title to order from Amazon; your purchase helps 海角原创. 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