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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...

viewed as both meeting place and place of ongoing divine instruction. The dynamics of encounter and communication are part of the theology of the tabernacle. Finally, Exod. 40:12–15 instructs Moses to bring Aaron and his sons to the tent in order to serve Yahweh as priests (cf. Exod. 29:44). The tabernacle is a place of ritual and, as such, requires a priesthood. It is viewed as the divine dwelling place, the place at which the divine-human encounter occurs, the place of divine instruction, and the
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