Essays on Halakhah in the New Testament / by Bernard S. Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Bernard S.

Series:

Jewish and Christian perspectives series ; v. 16.

Jewish and Christian perspectives series, 1388-2074 ; v. 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Jewish law--Biblical teaching.

Jewish law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Historical observations on the relationship between letter and spirit

The prophet and the law in early Judaism and the New Testament

The trials of Jesus and Jeremiah

Testes singulares in early Jewish law and the New Testament

Susanna and the singular history of singular witnesses

The Jewish background to the prodigal son : an unresolved problem

Risk-taking shepherds

"Holier than thou"? : marriage and divorce in the scrolls, the New Testament and early Rabbinic sources.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-238) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-93990-0

9786611939908

90-474-3163-4

OCLC:

646788938

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004162730.i-264 DOI