The book of Leviticus is by far the most quoted in rabbinic literature

such as the Mishna or the Talmud, while it has been marginalized in the

Christian tradition. Nevertheless, scholars of both traditions have again

become highly interested in it for some decades now. As shown by many

recent publications, the book is thoroughly studied for textual, literary,

historical and reception aspects.
It has often been said and written

that the text of Leviticus is stable in comparison to many other books of

the Hebrew Bible, and that its Greek translation is quite literal. Yet,

the text of Leviticus continues to raise questions, not only regarding its

content and textual witnesses, but also its interpretation, history and

reception. The third international colloquium of the Dominique Barthelemy

Institute, held in Fribourg in October 2015, aimed to bring together some

specialists of the text of Leviticus in order to advance research on its

textual witnesses and the aforementioned topics.
The articles

collected in this book reflect the width of current research. They deal

with the witnesses to the text of Leviticus in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the

Masoretic Text, the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Septuagint. They also

study the book’s Hebrew editing; its relation to other books such as

Joshua, Luke-Acts and Flavius Josephus; and the challenge of its

translation, with a case study in French.

Le livre du Levitique est de loin le plus cite dans la litterature

juive, notamment la Mishna ou le Talmud, alors qu'il a ete marginalise

dans la tradition chretienne. Neanmoins, depuis quelques decennies, les

chercheurs des deux bords se sont interesses a ce livre. De nombreuses

publications recentes montrent qu'il est etudie dans tous ses aspects

textuels, litteraires, historique et dans sa reception.
On a souvent

affirme que le texte du Levitique est plus stable que celui de beaucoup

d'autres livres de la Bible hebraique, que sa traduction grecque est

litterale, etc. Pourtant, ce texte continue de soulever des questions, non

seulement en ce qui concerne ses temoins textuels, mais aussi son

interpretation, son histoire et sa reception. Tenu a Fribourg en Octobre

2015, le troisieme colloque international de l'Institut Dominique

Barthelemy entendait rassembler quelques specialistes du texte du

Levitique pour avancer dans la recherche sur ces differents sujets.
Les etudes rassemblees dans ce volume refletent le vaste champ de

recherche sur ce livre biblique. Elles touchent a la maniere dont le

Levitique apparait dans les temoins textuels, notamment les manuscrits de

la Mer Morte, le Texte Massoretique, le Pentateuque Samaritain et la

Septante. Elles abordent egalement les defis de son edition hebraique, ses

relations avec d'autres livres comme Josue, Luc-Actes et Flavius Josephe

et enfin les enjeux de sa traduction francaise.