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  • Chapter 5 - Love Your Neighbor (Leviticus 17–22)

  • Mark W. Scarlata, St. Mellitus College, London
  • Book:
    The Theology of the Book of Leviticus
    Published online:
    18 July 2025
    Print publication:
    07 August 2025, pp 157-202

  • Summary

    The so-called Holiness Code of Leviticus highlights the importance of ethical living if Israel is to be holy as God is holy. This chapter discusses the historical-critical arguments around the composition of the Holiness Code but focuses mainly on bridge Leviticus creates between the holiness of Israel’s tent and God’s tent. Ethical purity is as important as ritual purity in Leviticus and requires holiness in every aspect of Israel’s life.

  • Chapter 1 - The Sacred World

  • Mark W. Scarlata, St. Mellitus College, London
  • Book:
    The Theology of the Book of Leviticus
    Published online:
    18 July 2025
    Print publication:
    07 August 2025, pp 1-31

  • Summary

    This chapter sets Leviticus within its narrative context in the Pentateuch and discusses historical-critical approaches to its composition. It further addresses a theology of holiness and the decentralization of cultic worship, which gives greater importance to purity in the home.

  • 3 - The Nature of the Collections

  • from Part II - The Biblical Legal Collections
  • Edited by Bruce Wells, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew Bible
    Published online:
    11 April 2024
    Print publication:
    18 April 2024, pp 55-75

  • Summary

    This chapter introduces the biblical law collections or codes: the Ten Commandments, the Covenant Collection, the Priestly Collection, the Holiness Collection, and the Deuteronomic Collection. It examines whether they come from a particular source, whether they should be considered mainly legal or literary works, and whether later collections sought to revise or reinterpret earlier ones.

The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew Bible
  • Edited by Bruce Wells
  • Published online:
    11 April 2024
    Print publication:
    18 April 2024
  • This Companion offers a comprehensive overview of the history, nature, and legacy of biblical law.  Examining the debates that swirl around the nature of biblical law, it explores its historical context, the significance of its rules, and its influence on early Judaism and Christianity. The volume also interrogates key questions: Were the rules intended to function as ancient Israel's statutory law? Is there evidence to indicate that they served a different purpose? What is the relationship between this legal material and other parts of the Hebrew Bible? Most importantly, the book provides an in-depth look at the content of the Torah's laws, with individual essays on substantive, procedural, and ritual law. With contributions from an international team of experts, written specially for this volume, The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew Bible provides an up-to-date look at scholarship on biblical law and outlines themes and topics for future research.