Leviticus episode 4 - What If Holiness Means Wholeness In Every Part Of Life?
About this episode
The episode explores the concept of holiness in relation to life and moral imagination through the lens of Leviticus 11.
What if holiness is less about rule-keeping and more about life-keeping? We open Leviticus 11 and trace a surprising thread from clean and unclean animals to moldy walls, childbirth, and the hope of resurrection, showing how God’s heart opposes decay and gathers everything into life. With Paul Blackham and Joseph Steinberg, we unpack the logic behind Israel’s food laws—why predators and carrion eaters were off the menu—and how those daily habits trained a moral imagination that rejects death....
People in this episode
Guests: Paul Blackham, Joseph Steinberg
Topics covered
- holiness
- life-keeping
- food laws
- moral imagination
- resurrection
- clean and unclean
Keywords
- holiness
- Leviticus
- food laws
- clean animals
- unclean animals
- moral imagination
- resurrection
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Leviticus
More episodes of Book by Book
- Leviticus episode 10 - Leviticus 26–27: Blessings, Curses, And A World Made Holy
- Leviticus episode 9 - When Worship Reorders Society: From Blasphemy To Freedom
- Leviticus episode 8 - From Passover To Tabernacles, God Maps Our Redemption Story
- Leviticus episode 7 - Why Humanity Needs A High Priest To Stand Before A Holy God
- Leviticus episode 6 - Why God’s Holiness Reaches Your Monday Morning
- Leviticus episode 5 - Atonement Explained
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