Although the Ten Commandments has been the center of much recent
controversy in American politics, scripture contains many laws
about which Christians are perplexed. If the Bible contains laws,
shouldn't those laws be followed? What does the law that prohibits
reaping a harvest to the very edges of your field mean in modern
times? Or, what about God's prohibition, in Leviticus, not to round
off the hair on your temples or to mar the edges of your beard? The
Decalogue and the Holiness Code in Leviticus contain guidelines to
ethical behavior that originally helped to shape a covenant
community and still have meaning for us today.
In the newest addition to the Conversations with Scripture
series, Kevin Wilson offers fresh insights into the meaning of the
Law for today. In chapters that explore the Law in Exodus and
Leviticus, Wilson examines the historical and cultural contexts of
these legal codes. He discusses rituals such as sacrifice and
rituals related to purification from defilement. Wilson
demonstrates the ways in which the temple priests used many of
these laws as their own code of purity and their own method of
enforcing purity in the covenant community.
As with other books in the series, Wilson's book features
definitions and sidebars in each chapter on particular topics, as
well as study questions.
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