This is Volume 4 of the Word Biblical Commentary series, covering the book of Leviticus.

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John E. Hartley is Professor of Old Testament and Chair of the Department of Biblical Studies in the C.P. Haggard School of Theology at Azusa Pacific University. A graduate of Greenville College and Asbury Theological Seminary, he holds the M.A. and Ph.D. from Brandeis University. Post-doctoral studies have been pursued at Harvard Divinity School and in Jerusalem. He is the author of the Book of Job in the series The New International Commentary on the Old Testament. He was co-editor of the five-volume series Wesleyan Theological Perspectives, authoring three articles for this series. He has also contributed to major works, including the International Standard Bible encyclopedia revised. He is an ordained elder in the Free Methodist church.