OT032-712 - Leviticus Exegesis (English)

  • 2,784 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 7
    AQF level
  • Category developing unit
    B
  • old testamentUnit Discipline

Corequisites

96cps of study, including 36 cps at AQF level 6; OT001-512, OT001-712 or OT003-512, OT003-712

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code OT453. Unit exclusions: OT031-612, OT031-712, OT031-812, OT008-512, OT008-612, OT008-712, OT008-812/OT009-508, OT009-612, OT009-712, OT009-812 (if using texts from Leviticus)

Set Text

This unit counts towards the "set text" unit requirements of courses.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Functional knowledge and understanding of the contents, themes and character of the book of Leviticus in the English text

B. Be able to

1. Critically Analyse the ‘introductory’ issues in understanding Leviticus

2. Discuss various perspectives regarding the themes and theological teachings of Leviticus

3. Exegete selected chapters of the English text of Leviticus

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying the teaching of Leviticus to contemporary Christian living and ministry practice

Content

  1. Contemporary approaches to the book of Leviticus
  2. Theological Framework of Leviticus within the Pentateuchal narrative
  3. The structure and message of Leviticus
  4. Theological themes of Leviticus, such as holiness, purity, offerings, covenant, blood, atonement, people of God, land, blessing and curse
  5. Foundational exegesis of the English text of a selection of texts from Leviticus (e.g. 1:1-6:7, 8–10, 11, 16, 18–20, 25–27)

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.

 

Commentaries:

Gane, R., Leviticus, Numbers, NIVAC, Grand Rapids, MI.: Zondervan, 2004.

Kleinig, J., Leviticus, Concordia Saint Louis, MS.: Concordia, 2003.

Levine, B., Leviticus, JPS Torah, Philadelphia: JPS, 2003.

Milgrom, J., Leviticus, Continental, Minneapolis: Fortress, 2004.

Rooker, M. F., Leviticus: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture, NAC 3a, Nashville, Tenn.: Broadman & Holman, 2000.

Ross, A. P., Holiness to the Lord: A Guide to the Exposition of the Book of Leviticus, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 2002.

Sklar, J., Leviticus, TOTC, Downers Grove, IL.: IVP, 2014.

Watts, J. W., Leviticus 1-10, HCOT, Leuven; Paris; Walpole, MA.: Peeters, 2013.

Wenham, G. J., Leviticus, NICOT: Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009.

 

Indicative:

Bibb, B. D., Ritual Words and Narrative Worlds in the Book of Leviticus, JSOTSS 480, London; New York, NY.: T&T Clark, 2009.

 Elliott, M. W., Engaging Leviticus: Reading Leviticus Theologically With Its Past Interpreters, Eugene, Oregon: Cascade, 2012.

Gane, R., Cult and Character: Purification Offerings, Day of Atonement, and Theodicy, Winona Lake, Ind: Eisenbrauns, 2005

Houston, W., Purity and Monotheism: Clean and Unclean Animals in Biblical Law, JSOTSS 140, Sheffield: JSOT, 2009.

Hundley, M., Keeping Heaven on Earth: Safeguarding the Divine Presence in the Priestly Tabernacle, FAT II/50, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011.

Joosten, J., People and Land in the Holiness Code: An Exegetical Study of the Ideational Framework of the Law in Leviticus 17-26, VTS 67, Leiden: Brill, 1996.

Lee, B. P., Between Law and Narrative: The Method and Function of Abstraction, GDBS 51, New Jersey: Gorgias, 2010.

Rendtorff, R and R. A., The Book of Leviticus: Composition and Reception, VTS 93, Leiden: Brill, 2003.

Sawyer, J. F. A., Reading Leviticus: A Conversation with Mary Douglas, JSOTSS 227, Sheffield: Continuum, 1996.

Sklar, J., Sin, Impurity, Sacrifice, Atonement: The Priestly Conceptions, HBM 2, Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2005.

Trevaskis, L. M., Holiness, Ethics and Ritual in Leviticus, HBM 29, Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2011.

Watts, J. W., Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus: From Sacrifice to Scripture, Cambridge: Cambridge, 2007.

 

Classics:

Douglas, M., Leviticus as Literature, Oxford: Oxford, 1999.

Douglas, M., Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo, London: Routledge & Paul, 1966.

Gorman Jr, F. H., The Ideology of Ritual: Space, Time and Status in the Priestly Theology, JSOTSS 91, Sheffield: JSOT, 2009.

Jenson, P. P., Graded Holiness: A Key to the Priestly Conception of the World, JSOTSS 106, Sheffield: JSOT, 1992.

Knohl, I., Sanctuary of Silence: The Priestly Torah and the Holiness School, Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995.

Milgrom, J., Cult and Conscience: The Asham and the Priestly Doctrine of Repentance, SJLA 18, Leiden: Brill, 1976.

Wellhausen, J, Prolegomena to the History of Israel, Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1973.