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'''Leviticus''' is the third book of the [[Old Testament]], part of the [[Pentateuch]]. The book is [[chiastically]] structured.

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Many Christian and Jewish conservatives believe that Moses is the sole author of the Pentateuch and that he was inspired directly by God to write text to write the Pentateuch in the space of a month, that month being the first of the second year after the [[Hebrew]] exodus from [[Egypt]].~~{{fact}}~~

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Many Christian and Jewish conservatives believe that Moses is the sole author of the Pentateuch and that he was inspired directly by God to write text to write the Pentateuch in the space of a month, that month being the first of the second year after the [[Hebrew]] exodus from [[Egypt]].

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Mainline and liberal theologians usually accept the [[Documentary Hypothesis]], which asserts that the Pentateuch was written over a period of centuries. The evidence they offer for this view is that the same stories occur in two or three separate locations in the text with minor differences between them. Some of these stories directly concern the actions of Moses himself. It is difficult to account for these repetitions and variations if all five books were written in a short period of time by any single individual. If they were written by multiple authors living long after the described events, oral tradition would account for minor deviations.<ref> R.E. Friedman, ''Who Wrote the Bible?'' 1997</ref>

Most of Leviticus is filled with laws and codes, but many Christians do not consider these codes to be literal--they represent the foreshadowing of the coming of [[Jesus Christ]] and most specifically the [[crucifixion]]. It serves as a gospel of the grace of God and the holiness of God's people.{{fact}} Many Christians maintain that to strive for these codes is Holy.

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