Comments on: Leviticus as Literature

By: Mike Bull

Mike Bull — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 05:23:18 +0000

Always good to get a recommendation. And any help in furthering accuracy is appreciated.

By: jared

jared — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 05:05:40 +0000

Jay Green, Sr. has a very good interlinear that might be helpful for studying structure. You can take a look at it here.

By: Mike Bull

Mike Bull — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:05:22 +0000

I agree. Jordan has a book on it also:
http://www.biblicalhorizons.com/pdf/jjcs.pdf

By: Victor

Victor — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:59:01 +0000

The proposed structure for Leviticus is extremely fascinating. It rings a lot of bells and seems to make sense.

Of course saying that it is accurate would require re-studying the entire book to verify whether the suggested division into sections (and the chiastic correspondences) holds water.

By: Mike Bull

Mike Bull — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 04:48:07 +0000

ESV or NKJV is my preference. ESV is easier to read, but NKJV tends to keep the clunky and ambiguous words as they are, which is very helpful when looking at literary structure. (Of course Hebrew and Greek would be far superior, but I’ve only dabbled in those. Wish I had the time!)

Canon order is not my field at all, although I reckon the last line of Malachi is the perfect end for the Old Testament. I don’t think a perfect chronological order for the pre- and post-exilic stuff is really possible.

James Jordan has a few articles on canon order on the BH site, like this one:
http://www.biblicalhorizons.com/biblical-horizons/no-80-rethinking-the-order-of-the-old-testament/

By: jared

jared — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 03:34:43 +0000

Just curious, do you have a favorite English translation of the Bible? And what order do you think the books of the Bible should be placed in if their current arrangement makes it more difficult to read as covenant narrative?