The halakhah of Jesus of Nazareth according to the Gospel of Matthew / by Phillip Sigal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sigal, Phillip.

Series:

Studies in biblical literature ; no. 18.

Studies in biblical literature ; no. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Teachings.

Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ--Views on Jewish law.

Bible. Matthew--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Divorce--Biblical teaching.

Divorce.

Sabbath--Biblical teaching.

Sabbath.

Jewish law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a republished edition of Sigal s pioneering work with a new preface by Eugene Fisher of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and an updating epilogue by Thomas Kazen of the Stockholm School of Theology. Sigal argues that, from a halakhic perspective, Jesus teachings on Sabbath and divorce in the Gospel of Matthew use the same methods of interpretation as those of his proto-rabbinic contemporaries. The Jesus of the Gospel of Matthew should thus be seen as a charismatic prophetic first-century proto-rabbi independent in his halakhah and frequently anticipating later rabbinic positions rather than as transcending proto-rabbinic halakhah or as an adherent of a particular school. Sigal concludes that, had it not been for the expulsion of Christian Jews from the synagogues after 90 C.E., Jesus could have been remembered as one of the rabbis of the Mishnah and that neither Christology nor halakhah were decisive for the break.Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

Brought Forth, Newly Adorned

Foreword

Preface

Abbreviations

Stages in the Formation of Rabbinic Halakhah

Proto-Rabbinic Halakhic Activity

The Matthean Jesus and the Halakhah of Divorce

The Matthean Jesus and the Sabbath Halakhah

Summary and Conclusions

Epilogue: Twenty Years after Sigal:Jesus as Proto-Rabbinic Teacher of Halakhah

Bibliography

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Authors

Index of Proper and Place Names

Index of Greek and Hebrew Words

Index of Subjects.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-226) and indexes.

ISBN:

90-04-15742-5

1-4356-2710-5

OCLC:

608550255