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Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord?: A Biblical Theology of the Book of Leviticus is unavailable, but you can change that!

In many ways, this is the fundamental question of Old Testament Israel’s cult—and, indeed, of life itself. How can creatures made from dust become members of God’s household “forever”? The question of ascending God’s mountain to his house was likely recited by pilgrims on approaching the temple on Mount Zion during the annual festivals. This entrance liturgy runs as an undercurrent throughout the...

The cultic system’s threefold division may be further refined by understanding the categories of holy and common in relation to the status of persons, places, objects and time, whereas clean and unclean refer rather to the condition of persons, places or objects.23 For our purposes, what is important to grasp is that the condition of clean derives its value within the spectrum of movement toward YHWH, as the prerequisite for crossing the common—holy boundary. As is evident in Leviticus
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