The Book of Leviticus: Composition and Reception (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum)

THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS: Composition and Reception......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Terms, Sigla, and Abbreviations......Page 11
List of Contributors......Page 18
Introduction......Page 20
PART ONE: LEVITICUS IN ITS LITERARY CONTEXT......Page 28
Leviticus: Its Literary History and Location in Biblical Literature......Page 30
H[sub(R)] in Leviticus and Elsewhere in the Torah......Page 43
Leviticus: After Exodus and Before Numbers......Page 60
The Structure of the Book of Leviticus in the Narrative Outline of the Priestly Sinai Story (Exod 19:1–Num 10:10*)......Page 74
The Rhetoric of Ritual Instruction in Leviticus 1–7......Page 98
PART TWO: CULT AND SACRIFICE......Page 120
The Theology of the Sacrifice According to Leviticus 1–7......Page 122
The Go-Away Goat......Page 140
Towards an Integrated Reading of the Dietary Laws of Leviticus......Page 161
What Connects the Incest Prohibitions with the Other Prohibitions Listed in Leviticus 18 and 20?......Page 181
PART THREE: PRIESTHOOD IN LEVITICUS......Page 206
Le sacerdoce......Page 208
The Priests in Leviticus—Is the Medium the Message?......Page 226
Death and Sexuality Among Priests (Leviticus 21)......Page 244
PART FOUR: LEVITICUS IN TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION......Page 264
The Old Greek Translation of Leviticus......Page 266
Reception of the Hebrew Text of Leviticus in the Targums......Page 288
The Reception of Leviticus: Peshitta Version......Page 318
The Book of Leviticus in the Dead Sea Scrolls......Page 342
Rethinking the Notion of “Scripture” in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Leviticus as a Test Case......Page 361
Jesus, Levitical Purity, and the Development of Primitive Christianity......Page 377
The Rabbinic Reception of Leviticus......Page 402
אבי יהוה: God’s Self-Introduction Formula in Leviticus in Midrash Sifra......Page 422
Double Time . . . Double Trouble? Gender, Sin, and Leviticus 12......Page 448
“Coming Before the Lord”: The Exclusion of Women from the Public Domain of the Israelite Priestly Cult......Page 470
1. Index of Selected Scriptural Citations and Ancient Sources......Page 486
D......Page 490
H......Page 491
M......Page 492
T......Page 493
Z......Page 494