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Divine Presence and Community: A Commentary on the Book of Leviticus is unavailable, but you can change that!

This commentary by Frank Gorman shows how Leviticus, though focusing largely on matters associated with the Levitical priesthood, is also important to laypeople. Gorman addresses the question of Israelite identity and what it means to be the people of God. Though a careful application of exegesis and exposition, he shows that Leviticus is, foremost, a call to holiness, a weaving together of...

love. The call for Israel to be holy is the call for the community to concretize the divine life in the world. Holiness is actualized in the context of the community as it manifests the life of God. The divine self-identification formula occurs repeatedly in the chapter: “I am Yahweh” (vv. 12b, 14b, 16b, 18b, 28b, 30b, 32b, 37b) or “I am Yahweh your God” (vv. 3b, 4b, 10b, 25b, 31b, 34b, 36b). In this context, the phrase emphasizes that the instructions are grounded in the divine life. The divine
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