Religijność w Księdze Kapłańskiej

Abstract

The Book of Leviticus appears as a compilation of fragmentary cultic and ethical prescriptions coming from different periods of religious history of Israel. However, the synchronic analysis, started by Mary Douglas, proved that the editor of the final version of Leviticus was a great artist with a religious goal. Leviticus is a book that presents multiple layers of meaning. In this article, the Book of Leviticus is interpreted from the Religionswissenschaft point of view. The text was divided into a few major blocks according to themes, and then it was asked what message was delivered through each one of them, and then subsequently, what the message of the whole Book was. Careful analysis of vocabulary, as well as the time and place of action, suggest a new structure – the four final chapters might serve as the endings for the three blocks of text. The theme leads the reader from the temple to the community; from the present to the future.