Holiness to the Lord: A Guide to the Exposition of the Book of Leviticus - Softcover

Allen P. Ross

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801031346 ISBN 13: 9780801031342

Publisher: Baker Academic, 2006

Synopsis

At first glance, the Book of Leviticus seems like barren material for lively preaching. Most expositors merely skim the surface for messages on tithing or sabbath-keeping. Yet Leviticus is one of the most important books of the Old Testament; it not only describes the complete religious system of ancient Israel, it also lays the theological foundation for the Christian gospel.

In Holiness to the Lord, Allen P. Ross enables preachers and teachers to mine the riches of Leviticus and deliver them to a contemporary audience. Following the same practical method he used in the acclaimed Creation and Blessing, Ross first carefully sites Leviticus within its context in the ancient world. Then he traces the development of God's plan of salvation-how Leviticus' laws, rituals, symbols, and events prepared for the complete revelation in Jesus Christ. Finally, unlike traditional commentaries, Ross offers helpful ideas for correlating Leviticus to New Testament teachings (particularly Romans, Hebrews, and Peter) and for applying the material in relevant expository form.

Holiness to the Lord is every expositor's indispensable guide for interpreting the Law for the church and for elucidating Leviticus in practical, biblical messages about worship, sanctification, and obedience.

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Allen P. Ross (Ph.D., University of Cambridge) is professor of Old Testament at Beeson Divinity School and has taught Hebrew grammar to seminary students for over thirty years. His publications include Creation and Blessing: A Guide to the Study and Exposition of the Book of Genesis and Introducing Biblical Hebrew.

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The task of interpreting and applying the Law in the present age calls for the expositor to follow an approach to the text that will work consistently in every chapter, whether it contains moral law, or laws of sacrifices, or civil laws of property and debts. This commentary presents such an approach and demonstrates how it would work out in each chapter of the book. . . .

What I have done is try to show the expositor how to bring all the material together in the development of the exposition, formulate the theological principles from the text, and correlate the derived meaning with the full revelation in the New Testament of each subject included in Leviticus.

There is enough theology in Leviticus by itself to form very useful, practical messages about worship, sanctification, and obedience. But with the New Testament correlations these ideas will be elevated to the person and work of Christ. The exposition is not complete without revealing how God used these laws, rituals, symbols, and events to prepare for the complete revelation in Jesus Christ.

About this edition

• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0801031346
• ISBN 13: 9780801031342
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496