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Editors: Erwin Fahlbusch, Jan Milič Lochman, John Mbiti, Jaroslav Pelikan and Lukas Vischer
The Encyclopedia of Christianity Online describes modern-day Christian beliefs and communities in the context of 2000 years of apostolic tradition and Christian history. Based on the third, revised edition of the critically acclaimed German work Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon. The Encyclopedia of Christianity Online includes all 5 volumes of the print edition of 1999-2008 which has become a standard reference work for the study of Christianity past and present. Comprehensive, reflecting the highest standards in scholarship yet intended for a wide range of readers, the The Encyclopedia of Christianity Online also looks outward beyond Christianity, considering other world religions and philosophies as it paints the overall religious and socio-cultural picture in which the Christianity finds itself.
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The Encyclopedia of Christianity Online describes modern-day Christian beliefs and communities in the context of 2000 years of apostolic tradition and Christian history. Based on the third, revised edition of the critically acclaimed German work Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon. The Encyclopedia of Christianity Online includes all 5 volumes of the print edition of 1999-2008 which has become a standard reference work for the study of Christianity past and present. Comprehensive, reflecting the highest standards in scholarship yet intended for a wide range of readers, the The Encyclopedia of Christianity Online also looks outward beyond Christianity, considering other world religions and philosophies as it paints the overall religious and socio-cultural picture in which the Christianity finds itself.
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Leviticus, Book of
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1. Title “Leviticus” is the title of the third book of the Pentateuch. It comes from the Gk.
Leuı̈tikos by way of the Lat.
Leviticus. The term offers no guidance as to the contents, for any supposed reference to the Levites is off the mark. The Hebrew title is simply
wayyiqĕrā, “and he [the Lord] called,” from the opening word.
2. Contents In content, Leviticus first presents the laws of sacrifice, in two sequences (chaps. 1–5 and 6–7), including burnt offerings, grain offerings, sacrifices of well-being (or “peace offerings,” RSV), sin offerings, and guilt offerings. Next are …