- photo of ancient Samaritan manuscript of Leviticus
Table of Contents
Foreword by S. Tamar Kamionkowski . ix
Acknowledgments . xiii
Abbreviations . xvi
Introduction: Cozying Up to the Most Avoided Book in the Bible . xvii
Chapter 1: Being Pro-Gay and Hanging in There with Leviticus . 1
Chapter 2: Impurity is Kryptonite . 18
Chapter 3: Animal Sacrifice Is Gross? The Supermarket Is Gross! . 34
Chapter 4: What a Skin Disease Can Teach Us about Crime and Punishment . 42
Chapter 5: Strange Fire . 51
Chapter 6: Planned Obsolescence? . 62
Chapter 7: Let’s Talk about the Government . 72
Chapter 8: Exile and Return . 84
Chapter 9: Priests, Prophets, Rabbis, and Christians . 95
Epilogue: The Trader Joe’s Cashier Accidentally Explains My Love of Leviticus . 117
Bibliography . 121