Leviticus (ZECOT) by Jay Sklar. A Review
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One time, a little over two decades ago, I taught an adult class at my church on the Old Testament biblical book, Leviticus . After one of those classes a parishioner walked up and disgustedly asked, “Why are you teaching on that book? Seriously?! None of it really matters anymore.” Even after I showed her how it clearly showed up in the New Testament, such as in Hebrews, she harrumphed and wheeled around and stormed off dismayed. So, needless to say, I was delighted when Jay Sklar, a professor of Old Testament and vice president of academics at Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, produced a new commentary on Leviticus. This 864-page hardback is part of Zondervan’s Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament: A Discourse Analysis of the Hebrew Bible (ZECOT). Though written with those who have the technical skills in mind, it reads well and will be easily followed even by those with little to no Hebrew in their tool bag. The format is fairly standard for the ZECOT series.