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Essays on Halakhah in the New Testament
Contributor(s): Jackson, Bernard S. (Author)
ISBN: 9004162739     ISBN-13: 9789004162730
Publisher: Brill
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Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: November 2007
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Annotation: These essays explore the Jewish background to central issues in the New Testament -letter and spirit, prophecy and law, forgiveness, the accounts of Jesus' "trial(s)," evidence required for legal/theological claims, the shepherding images, disinheritance, and teachings on marriage and divorce.
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Judaism - General
- Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament
- Religion | Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics
Dewey: 225.67
LCCN: 2007039224
Series: Jewish and Christian Perspectives
Physical Information: 266 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Jewish
 
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Publisher Description:
The texts of the New Testament have long been understood to require interpretation in the light of the Hebrew Bible, Qumran and other postbiblical literary and documentary sources. Conversely, they provide an invaluable source for the reconstruction of halakhah in the late Second Commonwealth period. These essays illustrate the complexity of the inter-relationships, and the methodological issues which arise: the "legal" content of the texts cannot be separated from the intertextualities of Jewish theology. The topics cover letter and spirit, prophecy and law, forgiveness, the accounts of Jesus' "trial(s)", the evidence required for legal and theological claims, shepherding images, disinheritance (the prodigal son), marriage and divorce.