Tuesday, February 3 – Sacrificial Rites
Leviticus 1-7
Walter Brueggeman, “Atonement,” “Death,” “Forgiveness,” “Redemption,” “Resurrection,” “Retribution,” “Sacrifice,” in Reverberations of Faith. A Theological Handbook of Old Testament Themes (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002).
What was it that sacrifice was supposed to accomplish for the ancient Hebrews? I'm hoping to have a rabbi or other Jewish leader come in to talk with us about sacrifice in modern Judaism later in the semester, but barring that, what do these legalistic and ritualistic chapters have to say to modern Christians? Eugene Peterson suggests that Leviticus is a study in how to be holy. What does that look like in an increasingly secular society?
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Here's something from Newsweek:
"God's Miraculous Makeover"
http://www.newsweek.com/id/181287
Apparently resurrection (and in what form) is becoming a hot topic among some Jewish and Christian writers, who insist on full bodily resurrection. The title refers to the kind of physical and moral perfection Augustine envisioned.
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