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	de Jonge: Levi in Ar. Levi and T. Levi
		Levi dealing with the sins of the sons of Levi, is a deliberate addition on the part of the author of this testament who wanted to stress that point, important in his picture of the Levitical priesthood.
		Levi the third piece of text seems to have to be connected with the story of Dinah and so will have to be placed somewhere after what remains of the narrative of the Shechem episode in columns a and b of the Cambridge fragment.
		Levi is "structurally" Christian; but it does a cknowledge the special position of Levi and his tribe, as (high) priests, judges, scribes and teachers of the Law, in the time before the arrival of Jesus Christ.
	orion.mscc.huji.ac.il /symposiums/2nd/papers/deJonge97.html (6212 words)

	Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs is an important constituent of the apocryphal scriptures connected with the Old Testament, comprising the dying commands of the twelve sons of Jacob.
		The diatribe in the Testament is noticeably misogynist, portraying women as the cause of the downfall of the Watchers, and of man in general.
		It is one of the longest of the Testaments, and is predominantly concerned with arrogance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Testament_of_Levi (1427 words)

	Levi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		See Levi Strauss for the inventor of jeans, Levites for the descendants of Levi, or Matthew the Evangelist for the disciple sometimes known as "Levi".
		He was a son of Leah and Jacob, also known as Israel, who was in turn a son of Isaac, the son of Abraham.
		Levi had three sons; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, and one daughter; Jochebed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Levi (447 words)

	Forgotten Books of Eden: Testament of Levi: Chapter I
		Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah.
		THE copy of the words of Levi, the things which he ordained unto his sons, according to all that they should do, and what things should befall them until the day of judgement.
		4 I, Levi, was born in Haran, and I came with my father to Shechem.
	www.sacred-texts.com /bib/fbe/fbe272.htm (624 words)

	New Testament Hyper-concordance: "Levi" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.
		And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them.
		And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers, though these also are descended from Abraham.
	www.semanticbible.com /hyperconc/L/Levi.html (201 words)

	endtime ministries exposing alien agenda and reptilians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah.
		THE copy of the words of Levi, the things which he ordained unto his sons, according to all that they should do, and what things should befall them until the day of judgement.
		Levi has visions and shows what rewards are in store for the righteous.
	www.white-moth.com /levi.htm (3934 words)

	Scriptorium - Primo Levi
		Primo Levi was born in Turin, Italy in 1919, to a family of assimilated and fairly non-religious Jews with Spanish roots.
		Levi takes great relish in the unveiling of his storyteller, and that delight is transmitted directly to the reader, often through rapport with his literary double, the narrator.
		Levi expounds on this uncertainty with greater candor in "Eclipse of the Prophets." This universal uncertainty is both a boon and a bane.
	www.themodernword.com /scriptorium/levi.html (6160 words)

	The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
		Naphtali.” A Hebrew “Testament of Judah,” which was used both by the Book of Jubilees and the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs in their description of the wars of the sons of Jacob, also probably existed.
		The sources of the book were found among the scrolls, the source of the “Testament of Levi” is quoted in a sectarian writing (the Damascus Document), a dualistic outlook is common to the book and the sect, and the devil is named Belial in both.
		Thus, it is probable that the testaments of the patriarchs were composed in circles in which doctrines of the Dead Sea sect were mitigated and combined with some rabbinic doctrines.
	skeptically.org /hebskaka/id17.html (7699 words)

	Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
		Moreover, at Qumran texts that may be related to two of the testaments have been found: the Aramaic Levi text has a large amount of the material that appears in the Testament of Levi, and a Testament of Naphtali (4Q215) shares some points with the Greek work of the same name.
		The author, according to de Jonge, had only the Testaments of Levi and Naphtali before him; the rest of his material he drew from the traditions of the Book of Jubilees and the midrashim in order to preach his Christian ethics useing the sons of Jacob as examples.
		Further evidence for this view is provided by the Aramaic fragments of the Testament of Levi from Caves 1 and 4 at Qumran and the Hebrew fragment of the Testament of Naphtali likewise found at Qumran.
	www.earlyjewishwritings.com /testtwelve.html (1718 words)

	Tribal Identifications with Yair Davidiy: Levi
		Simeon and Levi were brothers, destined to be divided in Jacob, scattered in Israel (Genesis 49; 7) and therefore were not to be concentrated in one specific area.
		Levi, however, like Simeon, seems to have achieved his natural expression more easily through partnership to Judah to whose kingdom (2-Chronicles 13; 9-11) many Levites fled.
		In Lombardy there existed a recurring tendency to "Judaise", meaning to adopt "Old Testament" lores and to imitate forms of worship which were Jewish or at least considered as such.
	britam.org /levi.html (648 words)

	The Testament of Levi Baptism of Jesus
		In time a new priesthood would be established and in the fifth week they would return to their desolate country and renew the house of the Lord (v.
		Levi then describes what will happen during the seventy weeks which resulted in the captivity and their return to Jerusalem.
		A law is not an evil, arbitrary rule of the "old God" of the Old Testament.
	www.piney.com /WinTstLevi.html (943 words)

	We three kings
		Another even earlier text was uncovered which is known as ‘The Testament of Judah’, it was part of a collection of texts supposedly written by the twelve sons of Jacob known as ‘The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs’, but more likely seems to have been penned in the second century before Christ.
		The ‘Testament of Levi’ was dated by the Oriental Institute - University of Chicago using Carbon 14 and was dated between 100-200 B.C., well before the birth of Christ.
		The ‘Testament of Judah’ reveals what type of Messiah the people were expecting and also foretold of a star that would arise in Israel which would accompany His coming.
	www.biblehistory.net /newsletter/kings.htm (1193 words)

	Keys to the Kingdom
		As for the tenth heaven it is God's house, and for that reason Levi was chosen for the priesthood as the tenth son of Jacob by counting backwards, Jubilees 32:2-9.
		Enoch chapters 26-27 show that Jerusalem and the surrounding area on earth is simply a parable for teaching purposes to signify the Heavenly Paradise, Isaiah 61:3; Luke 23:43; John 6:51,58; II Corinthians 12:4; Revelation 2:7.
		Levi was told also that the saints of Jesus Christ are soldiers, Isaiah 13:1-5; Revelation 14:1, 19:11-16.
	www.goodnewsinc.net /v2gn/ketokgdm.html (3317 words)

	levi - Definition, Synonyms, and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Levi - (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel
		New Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other Epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible
		Apostle - (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel
	www.onpedia.com /dictionary/levi (125 words)

	US Vice - Presidents - Levi Morton
		By 1869 Levi Morton was one of America’s wealthiest and most influential businessmen, joining the Ranks of JP Morgan, and August Belmont.
		Levi Morton began his career in politics when he ran as a Republican for Congress and lost in 1876.
		Vice President Levi Morton certainly proved that a man could be financially successful without the benefit of a higher education but I can’t help but wonder how much more his career, as a businessman/politician would have succeeded if he had had the benefit of sharpening his political/business skills working his way through college?
	www.juntosociety.com /vp/morton.html (1055 words)

	Halpern-Amaru: Naming of Levi
		For the unloved Leah, the choice frequently, and certainly in the case of Levi, is related to pursuit of the love Jacob feels for Rachel.
		As John Endres notes in his study of the Jacob narratives, a fairly consistent pattern is discernible in the Jubilees presentation of the births: an act of intercourse (except in the cases of Rachel's pregnancies), conception, naming of the c hild, and a date of birth.
		Although only a single name is involved with Levi, one might argue that the two explanations that Isaac offers for Levi's name (31:16) parallel the two parental explanations for the names given to Rachel's youngest son.
	orion.mscc.huji.ac.il /symposiums/2nd/papers/Halpern-Amaru97.html (3614 words)

	Testament of Levi
		THE TESTAMENT OF LEVI, THE THIRD SON OF JACOB AND LEAH
		Levi has visions and shows what rewards are in store for the righteous.
		34 And thus Levi ceased commanding his sons; and he stretched out his feet on the bed, and was gathered to his fathers, after he had lived a hundred and thirty-seven years.
	www.earth-history.com /Pseudepigrapha/FB-Eden/patriarchs-levi.htm (3991 words)

	Testament of Levi
		The earliest in a string of wisdom books ascribed to the sons of Jacob that came to be referred to collectively as the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs.
		The Testament of Levi concerning the Priesthood and Arrogance.
		Levi in Aramaic Levi and the Testament of Levi - 1997 paper by M. de Jonge analyzes the significance of Dead Sea Scroll fragments for the history of the apocryphal text [posted by Orion Institute, Hebrew U].
	virtualreligion.net /iho/t_levi.html (178 words)

	SermonCentral.com: Every Saint Has a Past and Every Sinner a Future by Victor Yap
		When Levi excitedly gathered his colleagues for a feast with Jesus, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were offended and scandalized by Jesus¡¦ association with Levi and others like him and posed this question to the disciples, ¡§Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?¡¨
		What was amazing about Jesus¡¦ call to Levi was that Matthew, Mark, and Luke (Mt 9:9, Mk 2:14) all recorded Jesus¡¦ two brief words to Levi in the gospels with equal passion, in the same way and at the exact length.
		Levi was wretched, misguided, and desperate, a demonized, a reviled, and an unloving, unlovable and unloved man. He spotted him, sought him, and saved Levi.
	www.sermoncentral.com /contributor_sermon.asp?SermonID=60521 (976 words)

	CHURCH FATHERS: The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
		Therefore ye will be jealous against the sons of Levi, and will seek to be exalted over them; but you shall not be able, for God will work their avenging, and you shall die by an evil death.
		And Levi and Judah were glorified by the Lord among the sons of Jacob; for the Lord made choice of them, and to the one He gave the priesthood, to the other the kingdom.
		And when Levi became as a sun, a certain young man gave to him twelve branches of palm; and Judah was bright as the moon, and under his feet were twelve rays.
	www.newadvent.org /fathers/0801.htm (18206 words)

	Times & Seasons » Sunday School Lesson - Between the Testaments
		Though the textual history of The Testament is, as one commentary says, “Byzantine,” [3] and though chapters 17 and 18 show redaction by a Christian editor or interpolater, those chapters also reflect pre-Christian ideas and messianic understandings.
		In 17:8 through 18:1, the Testament of Levi describes an apostasy, and it describes that apostasy as a corruption of the priesthood [4].
		There is a tremendous amount of interesting history during this time, much of it the stuff that kids (and their parents) have at least heard about, the kind of thing we may be able to use to help get people involved.
	www.timesandseasons.org /?p=3639 (2315 words)

	Testaments of the 12 Patriarchs (I)
		Testaments of the 12 Patriarchs (I) (Summary of a lecture by J. Davila on 20 February, 1997)
		The debate over the origins and nature of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (hereafter T12P) has been going on for at least three centuries and does not seem yet to be resolved.
		This theme is reminiscent of some passages in the sectarian texts that seem to speak of priestly and royal messianic figures, sometimes in the same context and sometimes implying the supremacy of the priestly figure over the royal one.
	www.st-andrews.ac.uk /%7Ewww_sd/t12p1.html (1863 words)

	Why We Are Not Under The Old Testament Laws
		Some may say if we are not under the Old Testament law, then it is irrelevant and unimportant for us to study it, and for that matter, the Old Testament must be torn off and thrown away.
		We shall be judged by the New Testament.
		Both the Old Testament Law and its worship were a shadow of good things which are the New Testament and its worship which were so come and now is.
	www.churches-of-christ.net /tracts/job092u.htm (2547 words)

	ChristStory Christmas Symbols - Snow
		The apocryphal Testament of Levi declares that there are seven heavens and that snow is kept in the second heaven along with fire, ice, and all the spirits of retribution.
		Because of its whiteness and freshness, snow is a symbol of purity.
		The forgiveness of sins left the repentant as "white" or pure as snow (Ps 51:7; Is 1:18).
	ww2.netnitco.net /users/legend01/snow.htm (1170 words)

	Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. VIII
		And He said to me, Levi, I have given thee the blessings of the priesthood until that I shall come and sojourn in the midst of Israel.
		Then the angel brought me to the earth, and gave me a shield and a sword, and said, Work vengeance on Shechem because of Dinah, and I will be with thee, because the Lord hath sent me. And I destroyed at that time the sons of Hamor, as it is written in the heavenly tablets.
		And thus Levi ceased giving charge to his sons; and he stretched out his feet, and was gathered to his fathers, after he had lived a hundred and thirty-seven years.
	www.biblefacts.org /ecf/vol8/anf08-07.htm (3591 words)

	The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (R. H. Charles)
		And thus Levi ceased commanding his sons; and he stretched out his feet on the bed, and was gathered to his fathers, after he had 5 lived a hundred and thirty-seven years.
		And the Lord blessed Levi, and the Angel of the Presence, me; the powers of glory, Simeon; the heaven, Reuben; the earth, Issachar; the sea, Zebulun; the mountains, Joseph; the tabernacle, Benjamin; the luminaries, Dan; Eden, Naphtali; the sun, Gad; the moon, Asher.
		And Levi and Judah were glorified by the Lord even among the sons of Jacob; for the Lord gave them an inheritance, and to Levi He gave the priesthood, and to Judah the kingdom.
	www.earlychristianwritings.com /text/patriarchs-charles.html (25601 words)

	Was the NT Written in Greek
		If the New Testament Scriptures were written in Hebrew, and then at a later time scribes copied the New Testament into Greek, then, according to these people, words and phrases used in Greek do not match the Hebrew ideas and were “glossed” in order to make sense.
		If such an influence exists in the writings of the New Testament, and we are sure of the authenticity of the writers, then it is no doubt that Peter, as a Jewish fisherman, would still have been influenced by the culture he was living in at that time.
		Examples are the Genesis Apocryphon, the Testament of Levi, a Targum of Job, and a text which refers to "the Son of God" and to "the Son of the Most High." There are also legal documents and letters in Aramaic found in the Cave of Letters of Wadi Habra and at Murabba'at.
	www.apuritansmind.com /Apologetics/McMahonNTWrittenGreek.htm (6046 words)

	The Lost Books of the Bible - The Dead Sea Scrolls Part 4
		The Testament of Levi scroll was found in Cave 4 and consist of numerous fragments.
		Other small fragments found are classes as belonging to a Testament of Judah and a Testament of Joseph.
		Dating to the turn of the era, two fairly intact fragments of the Hebrew text of The Testament of Naphtali were found in Cave 4.
	www.thelostbooks.com /deadsea4.htm (1245 words)

	Dead Sea Scrolls - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		The scrolls include manuals of discipline, hymnbooks, biblical commentaries, and apocalyptic writings; two of the oldest known copies of the Book of Isaiah, almost wholly intact; and fragments of every book in the Old Testament except that of Esther.
		Also found were texts, in the original languages, of several books of the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.
		These texts—none of which was included in the Hebrew canon of the Bible—are Tobit, Sirach, Jubilees, portions of Enoch, and the Testament of Levi, hitherto known only in early Greek, Syriac, Latin, and Ethiopic versions.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761561742___1/Dead_Sea_Scrolls.html (211 words)

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