Leviticus and Its Reception in the Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran

by Baesick Choi

Overview

A large amount of Leviticus material has been found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. Yet there is surprisingly little secondary scholarly analysis of the role of Leviticus in this corpus. The book of Leviticus survives in several manuscripts; it also features in quotations and allusions, so that it seems to be a foundational source for the ideology behind the composition of some of the nonscriptural texts. Indeed this volume argues that the ideology of the Holiness Code persisted in the communities that collected the manuscripts and placed them in the Qumran Caves.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781532692246
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	10/23/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Baesick Peter Choi is a pastor at Fishersville United Methodist Church in Fishersville, Virginia. Dr. Choi has spent many years studying the book of Leviticus. He completed an MA degree in biblical studies at Trinity Western University and a PhD at the University of Manchester under Professor George J. Brooke.

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From the Publisher

“New Testament researchers wanting to understand use of Leviticus in that period will find Choi’s careful and well-organized study of the Qumran evidence a very valuable way into the topic, one that will stimulate interesting new questions about use of Leviticus in a range of early Jewish and Christian texts.”

—Peter Oakes, University of Manchester



“In this informative and accessible guide, Baesick Choi examines a wealth of evidence for the use and influence of the book of Leviticus in the late Second Temple period, drawing primarily upon the copies, citations, and allusions present among the Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls. In doing so, he argues persuasively that Leviticus was not only copied and read, but also significantly influenced and helped shape the composition and ideology of other early Jewish texts.”

—Matthew A. Collins, University of Chester



“This worthwhile book goes well beyond previous surveys of Leviticus in the Dead Sea Scrolls and moves forward the discussion of early Jewish uses of Scripture. Choi shows how Leviticus, especially chapters 25–27, has variously influenced the structures and arguments, the ideologies and theologies, of several late Second Temple period works.”

—George J. Brooke, University of Manchester

Editorial Reviews

New Testament researchers wanting to understand use of Leviticus in that period will find Choi’s careful and well-organized study of the Qumran evidence a very valuable way into the topic, one that will stimulate interesting new questions about use of Leviticus in a range of early Jewish and Christian texts.”

—Peter Oakes, University of Manchester



“In this informative and accessible guide, Baesick Choi examines a wealth of evidence for the use and influence of the book of Leviticus in the late Second Temple period, drawing primarily upon the copies, citations, and allusions present among the Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls. In doing so, he argues persuasively that Leviticus was not only copied and read, but also significantly influenced and helped shape the composition and ideology of other early Jewish texts.”

—Matthew A. Collins, University of Chester



“This worthwhile book goes well beyond previous surveys of Leviticus in the Dead Sea Scrolls and moves forward the discussion of early Jewish uses of Scripture. Choi shows how Leviticus, especially chapters 25–27, has variously influenced the structures and arguments, the ideologies and theologies, of several late Second Temple period works.”

—George J. Brooke, University of Manchester

From the Publisher