“A book on Leviticus?” I hear you ask. “Why is he reviewing a book on Leviticus in August? We don’t read Leviticus until the spring!” First off, Torah is – or should be – evergreen. As an editor, I ...

The Book of Leviticus is at once the most legalistic of Old Testament books and the book which most clearly presents the grace of God in providing for man’s redemption. Minute prescriptions are given ...

(RNS) It is entirely possible to be a churchgoing Christian for 40 years and never hear a sermon preached solely from the Old Testament book of Leviticus. Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew ...

This desire to relate to stories reflects the author’s own background in English Literature and her interest in metaphorical language, which by its nature invites interpretation. A new book by Avivah ...

Read Mordechai Beck's interview with Avivah Zornberg. Most readers think Leviticus is about dull things: priests and their sacrificial offerings, blood taboos and bodily fluids, the holiness code. In ...

This Shabbat we begin reading the book of Leviticus, Vayikra. For many modern readers, Leviticus is a difficult book to relate to because its main subject matter is ritual animal sacrifice and ritual ...

Koren Press’ “The Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel – Leviticus” follows its predecessors on the Biblical books Exodus and Samuel as a third outstanding biblical commentary. It contains a wealth of ...

Leviticus is a Biblical book which only the Mother of God could love, or so it seems at first glance. This book provides the details of the Israelites’ ritual law, the manner of ordinations, the ...

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