J.W. Rogerson, ed.
Leviticus in Practice
Practice Interpretation takes the everyday social conditions of people
as they are described in the Bible and looks at emerging issues that
confront interpreters in daily life. The latest volume in the Practice
Interpretation series deals with a much-neglected but fascinating part
of the Bible, the book of Leviticus.
The book opens with an introduction by J.W. Rogerson.
Philip Davies attempts to uncover the main theme of Leviticus, Numbers
and Deuteronomy, concluding that the portrait of the ideal Israel in
each gives the perspective respectively of a priest, a military
commander and a lawyer. In his second essay he explores the enigmatic
figure of Azazel in the atonement ritual of Leviticus 16. What parallels
are there with the New Testament account of the Passion of Jesus?
John Rogerson studies the term niddah in relation to the menstruating
woman in Leviticus 15, concluding that we must revise our ideas and
practice about impurity in the Old Testament. His second study, of the
sources and compilation of Leviticus 19, suggests that we must revise
our ideas and practice about holiness.
John Vincent deals with the relationship between the Jubilee legislation
in Leviticus and the ministry of Jesus, drawing conclusions for the
nature of Christian discipleship today.
Noel Irwin looks at Leviticus 19 in relation to John Wesley's view of
practical holiness and his interest in the Letter of James.
John Davies views Leviticus 25 from the point of view of his
experience
of working in apartheid South Africa.
J.W. Rogerson
is Emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies at
the University of Sheffield and a Canon Emeritus of Sheffield Cathedral.
His many publications cover the historical, geographical and social
background to the Old Testament, the history of biblical
interpretation, and the use of the Bible in moral, social, political and
environmental issues.
Practice Interpretation
ISBN 9781905679249 (PI, 3)
98pp. Pbk. UK £18.95/ Europe £19.95/
ROW £22.95 2014
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J.W. Rogerson and John Vincent, eds.
The Servant of God in Practice
Practice Interpretation takes the everyday social
conditions of people as they are described in the Bible and looks at
emerging issues that confront today’s interpreters in daily life. The
latest volume in the Practice Interpretation series deals with the
multifaceted and significant biblical theme of the Servant of God.
Contributions
Philip Davies: Servant-Talk in Isaiah
Walter Houston: Politicizing the Servant of the
Lord
Andrew Parker: The Servant in Deutero-Isaiah
J.W. Rogerson: The Righteous Servant in Psalm 22
Morna Hooker: Did Jesus use Isaiah 53?
John Vincent: Jesus and Disciples as Servants
Ian Wallis: Servant Power
David Blatherwick: The Ethiopian Eunuch
Leslie J. Francis: The Servant and Psychological
Types
Ian K. Duffield: Servant Church? Servant Ministry?
Andrew Pratt: Hymns and Servanthood
David Price: Servant Ministries in the City
J.W. Rogerson
is Emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies at
the University of Sheffield and a Canon Emeritus of Sheffield Cathedral.
His many publications cover the historical, geographical and social
background to the Old Testament, the history of biblical
interpretation, and the use of the Bible in moral, social, political and
environmental issues.
Rev. Dr. John
Vincent, D.Theol. 1960,
Basel, is Honorary Lecturer in Biblical Studies at the University of
Sheffield. He is the editor of Mark: Gospel of Action and joint
author of The Drama of Mark and
The City in Biblical
Perspective. He is a Methodist minister, and married with three
grown-up children.
Practice Interpretation
ISBN 9781905679379 (PI, 6) 140pp. Pbk. UK £19.95/ Europe £20.95/
ROW £22.95 2017
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