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

From: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society | Date: June 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Holiness to the Lord: A Guide to the Exposition of the Book of Leviticus. By Alien P. Ross. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002, 496 pp., $29.99. Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. By Stephen K. Sherwood. Berit Olam. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2002, xviii + 306 pp., $39.95.

Announcing an expository series or offering to teach a Sunday School class on the book of Leviticus is likely to produce a response like, "Are you crazy? We need something practical." Sherwood (p. 4) and Ross (p. 15) recognize the problem. The former's approach to the text of Leviticus, however, does little to improve the ...

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