Texts > Bible > Torah/Pentateuch > Leviticus

Leviticus 3

• Beobachtungen zum Verbrennungsritus bei Schlachtopfer und Gemeinschafts-Schalchtofper - by Christian Eberhart, Biblica 83 (2002) 88–96

Leviticus 10

• Fremdes Feuer - Das Scheitern eines Übergangsritus (Lev 10) - by Benedikt Jürgens, Biblisches Forum (1/1998)
• Leviticus 10:1: Strange Fire and an Odd Name - by Richard S. Hess, Bulletin for Biblical Research 12.2 (2002) 187–198

Leviticus 11

• The Contribution of Archaeozoology to the Identification of the Ritually Clean Ungulates Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible - by Amar Zohar, Ram Bouchnick, and Guy Bar-Oz, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 10.1 (2010)

Leviticus 14

• Die Symbolik des Vogelrituals bei der Reinigung von Aussätzigen (Lev 14,4–7) - by Thomas Staubli, Biblica 83 (2002) 230–23

Leviticus 16

• A Goat to Go to Azazel - by Aron Pinker, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 7.8 (2007)
• Was the Goat for Azazel Destined for the Wrath of God? - by Jacqueline C. R. de Roo, Biblica 81.2 (2000) 233–242

Leviticus 18

• La fille "perdue" et "retrouvée" de Lévitique 18 - by Didier Luciani, Etudes Théologiques et Religieuses (2001.1)
• The Sabbatical/Jubilee Cycle and the Seven-Year Famine in Egypt - by Calum Carmichael, Biblica 80.2 (1999) 224–239

Leviticus 19

• “The Editor Was Nodding”: A Reading of Leviticus 19 in Memory of Mary Douglas - by Moshe Kline, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 8.17 (2008)
• The Relationship between the Sacrifical Laws and the Other Laws in Leviticus 19 - by Alfred Marx, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 8.9 (2008)

Leviticus 24

• Blasphemy, Talion, and Chiasmus: The Marriage of Form and Content in Lev 24,13–23 - by T.M. Willis, Biblica 90 (2009) 68–74
• Leviticus 24:15b–16: A Crux Revisited - by Bernon P. Lee, Bulletin for Biblical Research 16 (2006) 345–350

Leviticus 25

• From Dominion to Stewardship? The Ecology of Biblical Translation - by Leonard Greenspoon, pp. 159–183 in Religion and the Environment (JRS Supplement 3; ed. Ronald A. Simkins; The Kripke Center, 2008)
• Property in Persons: Re-reading Scriptural Economics - by Robert Gibbs, Journal of Scriptural Reasoning 5.2 (2005)
• Reasoning through the Prophetic: A Reading of Isaiah 61, Leviticus 25 and Luke 4:16 - by Randi Rashkover, Journal of Scriptural Reasoning 6.l (2006)
• Response to Randi Rashkover (1) - by J. Ben Quash, Journal of Scriptural Reasoning 6.1 (2006)
• Response to Randi Rashkover (2): This Land Is Your Land - by Willie Young, Journal of Scriptural Reasoning 6.1 (2006)
• The Jubilee: A Post-Exilic Priestly Attempt to Reclaim Lands? - by John Sietze Bergsma, Biblica 84 (2003) 225–246

Leviticus 26

• From Dominion to Stewardship? The Ecology of Biblical Translation - by Leonard Greenspoon, pp. 159–183 in Religion and the Environment (JRS Supplement 3; ed. Ronald A. Simkins; The Kripke Center, 2008)

Dead Sea Scrolls

• 11QPaleoLev (11Q1) - Leviticus scroll; image, commentary, and sample of translation from the Library of Congress exhibit

Divination and Magic

• The Problem of Magic and Monotheism in the Book of Leviticus - by Rüdiger Schmitt, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 8.11 (2008)

Holiness Code

• Literature of the Middle Period - chapter 22 of Gerald A. Larue, Old Testament Life and Literature (1968); full text (includes a section on the Holiness Code)

Miscellaneous Articles and Essays

• Leviticus, Deconstruction, and the Body - by Francis Landy, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 2 (1999)

Purity

• Blood and Purity in Leviticus and Revelation - by K. C. Hanson, originally published in Listening: Journal of Religion and Culture 28 (1993) 215–230
• On Contagions: Leviticus and the Fascination of the Abomination - by Gerald Majer, Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory 2.2 (April 2001)
• The Rationale of the Laws of Clean and Unclean in the Old Testament - by Joe M. Sprinkle, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 43 (2000) 637–657

Book Reviews

• Bergsma, John Sietze, The Jubilee from Leviticus to Qumran: A History of Interpretation (Brill, 2007) - reviewed by Erhard Gerstenberger, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Carmichael, Calum, Illuminating Leviticus: A Study of Its Laws and Institutions in the Light of Biblical Narratives (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006) - reviewed by Reinhard Achenbach, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Carmichael, Calum M., Law, Legend, and Incest in the Bible: Leviticus 18–20 (Cornell, 1997) - reviewed by Gail Corrington Streete, Cross Currents (Winter 1998)
• Ellens, Deborah L., Women in the Sex Texts of Leviticus and Deuteronomy: A Comparative Conceptual Analysis (T&T Clark, 2008) - reviewed by Naomi Steinberg, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Gane, Roy E., Cult and Character: Purification Offerings, Day of Atonement, and Theodicy (Eisenbrauns, 2005)
  • Reviewed by Christian Eberhart, Review of Biblical Literature (2006)
  • Reviewed by Jay Sklar, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Gerstenberger, Erhard S., Leviticus, a Commentary (Westminster John Knox Press, 1996) - reviewed by Frank H. Gorman, Jr., Cross Currents (Fall 1998)
• Lockshin, Martin I. (ed. and trans.), Rashbam's Commentary on Leviticus and Numbers: An Annotated Translation (Brown University, 2001) - reviewed by Mayer I. Gruber, Review of Biblical Literature
• Milgrom, Jacob, Leviticus 1–22: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Doubleday, 2000) - reviewed by Walter E. Brown, Review of Biblical Literature (2002)
• Milgrom, Jacob, Leviticus 23–27: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Doubleday, 2001) - reviewed by Mary Douglas, Review of Biblical Literature (2002)
• Nihan, Christoph, From Priestly Torah to Pentateuch: A Study in the Composition of the Book of Leviticus (Mohr Siebeck, 2007) - reviewed by Eckart Otto, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Rendtorff, Rolf, Leviticus 1,1–10,20 (Biblischer Kommentar; Neukirchener, 2004) - reviewed by Erhard S. Gerstenberger, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Sherwood, Stephen, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy (Berit Olam; Liturgical, 2002) - reviewed by Jan A. Wagenaar, Review of Biblical Literature (2002)
• Sklar, Jay, Sin, Impurity, Sacrifice, Atonement: The Priestly Conceptions (Sheffield Phoenix, 2005)
  • Reviewed by Reinhard Achenbach, Review of Biblical Literature (2006)
  • Reviewed by Roy Gane, Review of Biblical Literature (2006)
• Stackert, Jeffrey, Rewriting the Torah: Literary Revision in Deuteronomy and the Holiness Legislation (Mohr Siebeck, 2007) - reviewed by Eckart Otto, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Watts, James W., Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus: From Sacrifice to Scripture (Cambridge, 2007)
  • Reviewed by Hanna Liss, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
  • Reviewed by Mark McEntire, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Wevers, John William, Notes on the Greek Text of Leviticus (Society of Biblical Literature, 1997) - reviewed by David L. Washburn, TC 2 (1997)