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Summary: Learn to Love Leviticus
Review: I mentioned to a pastor friend of mine that I was doing my daily devotions in the Book of Leviticus. As would be expected from one of the uninitiated, I got a look that said "you've got to be kidding."People are under the mistake belief that because we are "no longer under the law," the Old Testament is no longer relevant to our daily lives as Christians. This is where Gordon Wenham's book comes in. Wenham's commentary has opened this otherwise ponderous book in a way that I never dreamed imaginable. Truly all scripture is profitable! Wenham has a way of extracting the spiritual nugget out of the law that is applicable to us. While we do not earn our salvation, nor could we ever do anything to merit Eternal Life, G-d is still a holy G-d, and it is written in both Old and New Testaments "Be ye holy, for I am holy." Read Leviticus, by Gordon Wenham and see how this all fits into the big picture of "Christ in you, the hope of glory."
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Summary: Resurrecting Leviticus
Review: Thank you Gordon Wenham! Leviticus has always been obtuse to me. Not so anymore. Wenham's clear, even lively discussion of Leviticus has brought it to life for me. Wenham's commentary does not get bogged down by endlessly discussing--as far too many commentaries on books of the Pentateuch do--theoretical textual issues. Instead, Wenham focuses on what the implications of the text were and are. This book contains one of the most powerful discussions on the meaning of sin that I have ever read. Wenham has cleared up not only the fuzziness I had about not only Leviticus, but about several issues in my life. This commentary is priceless. I recommend it most highly.
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Summary: The beauty of holiness.
Review: This is one of the best commentaries I have ever read. It is a helpful resource in helping the reader to understand the nature of sin and the need for holiness among God's covenant people, who have been called to be a Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Naiton.
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