The Message of Leviticus: Free to Be Holy

by Derek J. Tidball

Book Overview

For most Christians today, there is no message of Leviticus, for Leviticus goes unread. Yet Leviticus was the first priority in Jewish instruction of the law of Moses. Jesus and his hearers knew Leviticus well and took its teachings to heart. The documentary hypothesis that reigned supreme over Pentateuchal studies for most of the twentieth century undercut the internal coherence of Leviticus that swayed the Jews of the New Testament period, speculating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830824316
• ISBN13: 9780830824311
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 329 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.2"