Notes, Critical and Practical on the Book of Leviticus (Classic Reprint): Designed as a General Help to Biblical Reading and Instruction - Couverture souple

George Bush

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331801567 ISBN 13 : 9781331801566

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Notes, Critical and Practical on the Book of Leviticus: A practical guide to understanding ancient sacrifices and their enduring meaning. This volume thoughtfully unpacks the rituals and lessons of Leviticus, offering clear explanations that connect historical practice with later biblical themes. It presents a steady, approachable view of how the burnt offering and related ceremonies were planned, carried out, and what they signified for worshipers.

- Learn how the burnt offering was prepared, who performed it, and why a perfect, unblemished animal was required.
- See the role of the high priest in the Day of Atonement and the sequence of sacred actions that followed.
- Explore the language and cross‑cultural context, including how terms and customs illuminate the text.
- Understand how these ancient practices relate to broader biblical themes and the development of religious ideas.

Ideal for students, teachers, and readers who want a clear, thoughtful introduction to Leviticus and its place in biblical history.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Title, A uthor, Date, SfC. The Hebrews, according to their usual custom, denominate this, the third book in the order of the Pentateuch, Slp i Tva-yikra, and he called, from its initial word. By the Septuagint it is culled A cv Xtikov, leuitikon (levitikori), of which the Vulgate title Leviticus is the Latinized form ;and this has been retained by our own and all the modern versions. It is so called from the fact that it treats principally of the rites and ceremonies, the services and sacrifices, of the religion of the I sraelites, the charge of which was committed to the Levitical priesthood, that is, to A aron and his sons, or descendants, who were of the tribe of Levi, and who alone of that tribe exercised the priestly office. It is not, therefore, the ministry of the Levites properly so called, who constituted a distinct order from the priests, and subordinate to them, that forms the subject of this book, for of their services a much fuller account is contained in the book of Numbers than in the present. It is of the peculiar functions of the sacerdotal body usually termed the sons of A aron, that the book, for the most part, treats, for which reason it is denominated by the Talmudists Q;ri3n Hlin torath hakkohanim, the law of the priests, and m DlS lpn Dllin torath hakkorbanoth, the law of the offerings. The sons of A aron, or the priests, were mtyely assisted in the performance of their sacred office by the descendants of the other branch of Levi sfamily, who obtained the privilege of officiating as a kind of second order of the priesthood, in recompense of the ready zeal which they displayed against idolatry and the worshippers of the golden calf. That Moses was the real author of this book, is proved, not only by the gen. eral arguments which demonstrate him to have written the whole Pentateuch, but by particular passages in other portions of the Scr
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331801567
• ISBN 13: 9781331801566
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 286
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