RT Article
T1 THE RELEVANCE OF YAHWEH’S SOCIAL ETHICS IN LEVITICUS FOR CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA SOCIETY
JF Religions' educator
VO 19
IS 1
SP 152
OP 160
A1 Babalola, Olanrewaju Ajibola
LA English
PB Mayanjuola Publ
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1851425675
AB ThebookofLeviticusisoneofthebooksthatreadersintendorseektobypasswhileexaminingtheBiblicalbooks.Somereadersseeitasadifficultbookintermsofcomprehensionandalsoasabooknotapplicabletotheissuesaffectingcontemporarysociety,asemphasisarelaidonthelawsorinjunctionsabouttheofferingofsacrificesandconductsinworship.Hence,suchpracticesareseenasobsoleteorarchaictocontemporarysociety.Interestingly,acarefulobservationofthebookofLeviticusunearthsrichtheologicalpremises,expoundedontherelationshipbetweenYHWH(God’snametransliteratestoYHWHwhichisknownastetragrammaton)andIsrael,wherethelawsofYHWHcanbeinterpretedtobeYHWH’SsocialethicsaimedatguidingtheIsraelitesenforcingorderlinessinallramificationsoflife.ThisarticlepowersonexaminingthebookofLeviticus,usingitasamodeltoshowcasetherelevanceofYahweh’ssocialethicsinLeviticusforcontemporaryNigeriasociety.ThebookofLeviticusasauntowouldbeaccessed,alongwithexaminingcriticalquestionslike:whatsocial-ethicalinjunctionsweregivensinLeviticus?Arethosesocialethicalinjunctionrevelationsforcontemporarysociety?Iftheyare,howcantheybeappliedincontemporaryNigeriasociety?Allthese questions would be exposed as to the rudiments of what this article seeks to communicate.
K1 Leviticus
K1 Nigeria
K1 Relevance
K1 Social Ethics
K1 Yahweh