THE RELEVANCE OF YAHWEH’S SOCIAL ETHICS IN LEVITICUS FOR CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA SOCIETY
ThebookofLeviticusisoneofthebooksthatreadersintendorseektobypasswhileexaminingtheBiblicalbooks.Somereadersseeitasadifficultbookintermsofcomprehensionandalsoasabooknotapplicabletotheissuesaffectingcontemporarysociety,asemphasisarelaidonthelawsorinjunctionsabouttheofferingofsacrificesandconductsinwors...
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Mayanjuola Publ
2020
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Religions' educator
Έτος: 2020, Τόμος: 19, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 152-160 |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Relevance
B Leviticus B Social Ethics B Nigeria B Yahweh |
| Σύνοψη: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1115-5035 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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