Jews in Early Christian Law - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jews in Early Christian Law write by John Victor Tolan. This book was released on 2014. Jews in Early Christian Law available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What is the place of Jews in medieval Christian societies? in the ninetheenth and early twentieth centuries, this question was largely confined to Jewish scholars, and the academic debates where inseparable from the upheavels of the lives of contemporary European Jews.
Jewish Traditions in Early Christian Literature, Volume 1 Paul and the Jewish Law
Jewish Traditions in Early Christian Literature, Volume 1 Paul and the Jewish Law - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jewish Traditions in Early Christian Literature, Volume 1 Paul and the Jewish Law write by Peter Tomson. This book was released on 1990-01-01. Jewish Traditions in Early Christian Literature, Volume 1 Paul and the Jewish Law available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. While interest in Paul's relationship to Judaism has been growing recently, this study adds an important aspect by comparing Paul’s practical instruction with the ancient halakha or Jewish traditional law. First Corinthians is found to be a source of prime importance, and surprisingly, halakha appears to be basic to Paul's instruction for non-Jewish Christians. The book includes thorough discussion of hermeneutic and methodological implications, always viewed in relation to the history of Pauline and Judaic study. Attention is also being paid to the setting within Hellenistic culture. Finally, conclusions are drawn about the texture of Paul's thought and these are applied to two ‘theological’ passages decisive for his place in Judaism. Historical and theological implications are vast, both regarding Paul's relationship to Judaism, his attitude towards Jesus and his Apostles, and the meaning of his teaching concerning justification and the Law.
Law in Religious Communities in the Roman Period
Law in Religious Communities in the Roman Period - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Law in Religious Communities in the Roman Period write by Peter Richardson. This book was released on 2006-01-01. Law in Religious Communities in the Roman Period available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The role and function of law in religious communities in the Roman period—especially in Judaism—has been a key issue among scholars in recent years. This thought-provoking work is the first full-scale attempt to write a historical assessment of the scholarly debate concerning this question, focussing on two closely related religious communities, Judaism and Christianity. By juxtaposing the two religions, a clearer understanding of the developments with respect to torah and nomos in Judaism and early Christianity emerges. This insightful work, placing emphasis on the major figures and both the scholarly lines of development and the appropriate lines for future research, will set the debate in a clearer and more and succinct manner. It will serve as a critical point of reference for further discussion.
Playing a Jewish Game
Playing a Jewish Game - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Playing a Jewish Game write by Michele Murray. This book was released on 2006-01-01. Playing a Jewish Game available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Is it possible that early Christian anti-Judaism was directed toward people other than Jews? Michele Murray proposes that significant strands of early Christian anti-Judaism were directed against Gentile Christians. More specifically, it was directed toward Gentile Christian judaizers. These were Christians who combined a commitment to Christianity with adherence in varying degrees to Jewish practices, without viewing such behaviour as contradictory. Several Christian leaders thought that these community members dangerously blurred the boundaries between Christianity and Judaism. As such, Gentile Christian judaizers became the target of much anti-Jewish rhetoric in various early Christian writings. Evidence of Gentile Christian judaizers can be found in canonical sources, such as Pauls Letter to the Galatians and the Book of Revelation, as well as non-canonical sources, such as the Epistle of Barnabas, the Didache, and Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho. In order to compare the phenomenon of judaizing and the reaction to it of ecclesiastical authorities, Murray organizes the evidence by probable geographical location, using Asia Minor and Syria as the two main loci. The phenomenon of Gentile Christian judaizing is examined within the broader context of Jewish-Christian relations in the early centuries, and is the first attempt to draw all possible references to Gentile Christian judaizers together into one study to consider them as a whole. This discussion invites readers to reflect on the existence of Gentile Christian judaizers as another point on the continuum of Jewish-Christian relations in the Greco-Roman world — an area, Murray concludes, that needs to be more carefully defined.
Law and Religion
Law and Religion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Law and Religion write by Barnabas Lindars. This book was released on 2023-05-25. Law and Religion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The place of the Law and its relationship to religious observance and faith is a contested topic in the study of both the Old and New Testament. In Law and Religion, members of the Erhardt Seminar group provide an insight into the debate, probing key topics and offering new contributions to the subject. Their essays are grouped into three sections, focussing in turn on the Law's place in Israelite religion, in the Jesus tradition, and in Paul and the Apostolic tradition. Thus, the foundation of the connection between law and religion in ancient Israel is explored, along with the decisive influence of the Deuteronomic reform and the radical new understanding now emerging of the later development in Judaism of the New Testament Period. So, also, the contemporary challenge to the conventional picture of Jesus and the Law is addressed, the attitude of Paul is shown in new light, and post-Pauline developments are examined. Readers will find in this symposium a refreshing breadth of opinion on a debate that spans the gamut of disciplines within Biblical studies.
