Avioz, Michael, The Book of Leviticus in Josephus’ Writings, in: Himbaza, Innocent (ed.), The Text of Leviticus. Proceedings of the Third International Colloquium of the Dominique Barthélemy Institute, held in Fribourg (October 2015) (OBO 292), Leuven: Peeters, 2020, 227–242.
Krochmalnik, Daniel, Schriftauslegung. Die Bücher Levitikus, Numeri, Deuteronomium im Judentum (NSK-AT 33/5), Stuttgart 2003.
Krochmalnik, Daniel, Kadosch. Das Heilige im Buch Levitikus und in der jüdischen Tradition: BiKi 69, 2014, 80–85. Show MoreAbstract: K. introduces the Jewish interpretation of the Torah section Qedoshim. In the center of this Parasha stands the exhortation to be holy and to love one’s neighbor. The other instructions of Leviticus 19 are arranged in concentric circles around Lev 19:18 (illustrated by a chart on p. 84). The message of the commandment to love one’s neighbor and the whole chapter 19 are the key to understand the whole Holiness Code Leviticus 17-26. Humans are referred to their relationship toward God and summoned to respect the dignity of other humans.
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Marbach, Carolus, Scripturarum scilicet ex sacro scripturae fonte in libros liturgicos derivata, 1907. AnmerkungAuf den Seiten 24 und 25 finden sich Hinweise, aus welchen Versen des Buches Levitikus sich in der römischen Liturgie (Stand: 1907!) verwendete Antiphonen und andere Versikel speisen. Betroffen sind die Verse Lev 21,6.8.10; Lev 23,1.2.4.5.6.41.43; Lev 26,9. PDF.
Origenes, Die Homilien zum Buch Levitikus. Eingeleitet und übersetzt von Agnethe Siquans (Origenes Werke mit deutscher Übersetzung 3), Berlin, Boston: de Gruyter, 2021. Show MorePublished abstract: Das Buch Levitikus mit seinen zahlreichen Vorschriften für Opfer und Kult war und ist für christliche Leser/-innen oft schwer zugänglich. In seinen Homilien zu Levitikus legt Origenes dieses Buch aus einer christlichen Perspektive aus. Er sucht einen Zugang zu den vielfach als veraltet angesehenen kultischen Geboten auf spiritueller Ebene und erschließt so die Texte für seine Hörerschaft und ihr religiöses Leben. – With its numerous rules for sacrifice and worship, the Book of Leviticus was and is still difficult for many Christian readers to understand. In his homilies on Leviticus, Origen interprets this book from a Christian point of view. He searches for a way to understand the ritual commands, frequently viewed as obsolete, on a spiritual level, opening up the texts to his listeners and their religious lives.
Siquans, Agnethe, Jewish Scriptural Interpretation and Ritual Practice in Origen’s Homilies on Leviticus, in: Tiwald, Markus; Öhler, Markus (eds.), Parting of the Ways. The Variegated Ways of Separations Between Jews and Christians (Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society – Supplementa Series 4), Boston: Brill, 2024, 287–304. Show MorePublished abstract: Origen (185‒ca. 253) was one of the earliest and most prolific interpreters of the Bible in early Christianity. He adapted Hellenistic and Jewish methods of text interpretation to the needs of the Christian community. In his Homilies on Leviticus, he explains the cultic prescription of the biblical book to his Christian audience in Caesarea. His spiritual interpretation aims at the edification of his hearers and their progress in their spiritual lives. He develops his interpretation in explicit contrast to a Jewish interpretation which he defines as literal and non-spiritual. With this demarcation he primarily addresses Christians who criticise his spiritual hermeneutics. Thus he tries to construct a clear borderline between Christian and Jewish biblical interpretation. Whereas he rejects a literal understanding of the ritual laws in Leviticus as “Jewish,” he nevertheless aims at the concrete social and religious practice of his Christian audience.
Siquans, Agnethe, Das Deuteronomium in den Levitikushomilien des Origenes, in: Hans Ulrich Steymans (ed.), Das Deuteronomium. Beiträge zu seiner Theologie, Literar- und Wirkungsgeschichte (AThANT 112), Zürich: Theologischer Verlag, 2024, 81–96.
Show MoreAbstract from OTA: S. investigates the history of influence of Deuteronomy in the homilies of Origen on the Book of Leviticus. While Origen’s homilies on Deuteronomy are not extant, he often cites Deuteronomy in other connections, including in his Leviticus homilies. In so doing, his intention is to show the relevance of the Torah for Christianity by way of spiritual exegesis. For Origen, it is the cultic directives of Leviticus in particular which have to be understood in a spiritual sense. For Origen, Sacred Scripture in its entirety has God as its author. Accordingly, there can be no contradictions or discrepancies between individual biblical passages. All of them constitute the one Word and mutually elucidate or confirm each other. In his spiritual interpretation of Leviticus, Origen brings into play the discourse about God as a consuming fire from Deut 4:24 as well as various commandments from the Decalogue (Deut 5:17, 18, 21), together with a verse from the ShemaꜤ (Deut 6:7), the requirement of two witnesses (Deut 19:15), the law concerning the woman prisoner captured in war (Deut 21:10–13), the law of the congregation (Deut 23:8–9), the choice between life and death in Deut 30:15–20, and, above all, the Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32). Origen adduces Deuteronomy as a way of investing his own spiritual exegesis with the authority of Moses.—CTB*
Steyn, Gert J., The Text Form of the Leviticus Quotations in the Synoptic Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles, in: Himbaza, Innocent (ed.), The Text of Leviticus. Proceedings of the Third International Colloquium of the Dominique Barthélemy Institute, held in Fribourg (October 2015) (OBO 292), Leuven: Peeters, 2020, 205–225.
