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Studies on the Theology of Lev 19 on the Basis of Analysis and Comparison with other Legal Codices: Focusing on 5 Stereotyped Expressions Cheol-Woo Park, Ph. D. Professor, Graduate School of Theology, Nazarene University Leviticus 19 is a theological essence of the Old Testament. It has very unique rhetorical particularities in developing its theology by using stereotyped expressions. I tried to examine its traditio-theological interconnectedness with other legal corpora of the Old Testament by analysing 5 stereotyped expressions(“I am Yahweh”, “Your should be holy as I am holy”, “Keep my Sabbaths”, “Fear your God”, “Love your neighbour as yourself”). It shows that the compiler of Lev 19 emphasized his theological views by using such stereotyped expressions. I could observe theses expressions were the result of inheriting and developing further the other Old Testament legal corpora such as Covenant Law, Deuteronomic Law, Ten Commandments etc. Particularly, the expressions like “I am Yahweh”, “You should be holy as I am holy”, “Love your neighbour as yourself” are those which were cited as stereotyped expressions in the New Testament. These expressions should be regarded as the theological foundation for the universal love for all mankind proclaimed by Jesus Christ. The compiler of Lev 19 gives us the clear answer for such fundamental questions as who God is and how we should live, on the basis of such rhetorical devices(esp. stereotypical expressions and parallelism). The text also provides us with a meaningful direction of Christian living in multi-cultural societies.

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이 논문은 레위기 19장의 5개의 정형화된 핵심적 표현들 - ‘나는 야웨다’, ‘내가 거룩하니 너희도 거룩하라’, ‘안식일을 지켜라’, ‘너의 하나님을 경외하라’, ‘네 이웃을 네 몸처럼 사랑하라’ - 과 구약의 타법전들과의 전승사적 상관관계와 신학적 상호관계 및 그 신학적 의미를 검토하였다.