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Resources for Leviticus
(Check the Scripture Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)

• Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
  • Leviticus at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
  • Navigating the Bible: Text/Rabbinic commentary and Divrei Torah.
  • Leviticus, Wikipedia.
  • Book of Leviticus, Emil G. Hirsch, George A. Barton, Jewish Encyclopedia, 1905.
  • Introduction to the Book of Leviticus, New American Bible.
  • The Catholic Encyclopedia: Pentateuch, Leviticus, Law.
  • Introduction, Outline, and Selected Bibliography for the Book of Leviticus, by David Malick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
  • Bible Basics (Leviticus) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
  • Leviticus in the World Wide Study Bible.
  • Walking Through the Bible: Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.
  • Biblenotes summary: Exodus.
• Commentary, Exegesis, Studies,etc.:
  • Vayikra - Leviticus, text with Rashi's commentary, chabad.org.
  • "Law: Hear O Israel (Legal Codes)," Davie Napier, in From Faith to Faith: Essays on Old Testament Literature, 1955. Full text online at Religion Online.
  • Leviticus, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
  • Leviticus, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
  • Leviticus, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
  • Leviticus, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
  • Leviticus, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
  • Leviticus and Numbers: In the Wilderness, Barry Bandstra, Reading the Old Testament: An introduction to the Hebrew Bible, 1999.
  • Leviticus- Sacrifice and Sanctification, commentary by Robert L. Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
  • "The Sacred and the Mundane- the Messge of Leviticus," by Peter J. Haas, Vanderbilt University, 1997.
  • The Book of Leviticus, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
  • Expository Notes on Leviticus, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
• Articles and Background:
  • "Blood and Purity in Leviticus and Revelation," K.C. Hanson, 1993.
  • M.A. Zipor, "The Greek Version of Leviticus," Biblica 79 (1998) 551-562. Abstract.
  • "Leviticus, Deconstruction and the Body," Francis Landy, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 1992.
  • "The Rationale of the Laws of Clean and Unclean in the Old Testament," Joe M. Sprinkle, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2000.
  • "On Contagions: Leviticus and the Fascination of the Abomination," Gerald Majer, Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory, 2001.
• Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
  • Cothey, Antony, "Ethics and Holiness in the Theology of Leviticus," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2005.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Wright, David P., "Holiness in Leviticus and Beyond: Differing Perspectives," Interpretation, 1999.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials