Law and Lawlessness in Early Judaism and Early Christianity Hardback
Edited by David Lincicum, Ruth Sheridan, Charles M. Stang
Part of the Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament series
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According to a persistent popular stereotype, early Judaism is seen as a "legalistic" religious tradition, in contrast to early Christianity, which seeks to obviate and so to supersede, annul, or abrogate Jewish law.
Although scholars have known better since the surge of interest in the question of the law in post-Holocaust academic circles, the complex stances of both early Judaism and early Christianity toward questions of law observance have resisted easy resolution or sweeping generalizations.
The essays in this volume aim to bring to the fore the legalistic and antinomian dimensions in both traditions, with a variety of contributions that examine the formative centuries of these two great religions and their legal traditions.
They explore how law and lawlessness are in tension throughout this early, formative period, and not finally resolved in one direction or the other.
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- Pages:242 pages
- Publisher:JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck)
- Publication Date:03/05/2019
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- ISBN:9783161567087
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:242 pages
- Publisher:JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck)
- Publication Date:03/05/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9783161567087
