Conversations with Scripture - The Law

Exploring the Law in Exodus, and Leviticus, this book examines the historical and cultural contexts of these legal codes. It discusses rituals related to purification from defilement, and demonstrates the ways in which the temple priests used these laws as their own code of purity and method of enforcing purity in the covenant community.

About the author

Kevin A. Wilson is Professor of Biblical Studies at Lithuania Christian College. He has taught Old Testament at Virginia Theological Seminary and biblical studies at Wartburg College. He is frequently a guest speaker in parishes in the Episcopal Dioceses of Maryland and Washington, D.C., and he serves on the executive board of the Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin A Wilson, Kevin A. Wilson
• Publisher: Church Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2006
• EAN: 9780819221476
• ISBN: 978-0-8192-2147-6
• No. of pages: 115
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 204 g
• Series: Anglican Association of Biblic; Anglican Association of Biblic
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works