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There is a Old Testament,pseudepigraphical text called the Testament of Levi. Perhaps someone could elaborate on this?

I have made an update: Levi's Hebrew name was spelled incorrectly (with a beth instead of a vav), and also incorrectly translated to mean "my heart" (that word is "libi," and is likewise spelled with a beth). -J21

Page mentions Levi's lineage to three generations: "He was a son of Leah and Jacob, also known as Israel, who was in turn a son of Isaac, the son of Abraham." I'm changing it to only mention Jacob to be consistent with the pages of the other tribes. (be bold) Mattj2 07:57, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Too much from a Christian Perspective

I think this gives only a Christian Perspective, and not a historical one. Lobzik 21:38, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

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I agree, I find this article plain misleading, and as a Levi, I think that calling a Levi non Israelite is highly offensive

The articles on the tribes of Israel are very poor having started out as copies of articles from the 1911 Jewish Encyclopedia which despite its name does not give a mainstream Jewish or even a Christian view but instead the typical "modernist" pseudo-scholarship and anti-Bible hokem that characterized academic literature of that era. In simple terms you had a bunch on non-notables in academic positions who felt that they were being really clever by simply denying any possibility that the Bible contains accurate information and instead fabricating alternative views based on spurious comparisons with other ancient cultures, faulty logic, hokey etymology and twisted interpretations. I'm gonna take my knife and cut out the garbage. Kuratowski's Ghost (talk) 21:26, 25 March 2008 (UTC)