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