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Why did the Gentile church keep Old Testament commandments about sex and idolatry, but disregard many others, like those about food or ritual purity? If there were any binding norms, what made them so, and on what basis were they articulated? In this study, Markus Bockmuehl approaches such questions by examining the halakhic (Jewish legal) rationale behind the ethics of Jesus, Paul and the early Christians. He offers answers based on careful biblical and historical study. His arguments have far-reaching implications not only for the study of the New Testament, but more broadly for the relationship between Christianity and Judaism.
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Review:
"The task which Bockmuehl sets in this book is undoubtedly one of worthy scholarly attention." The Heythrop Journal July 2002
About the Author:
Dr Markus Bockmuehl is Professor of Biblical and Early Christian Studies at the University of St Andrews, UK.
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- PublisherT.& T.Clark Ltd
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 056708373X
- ISBN 13 9780567083739
- BindingPaperback
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