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OverviewWhy did the early Christian church, with its many Gentile members, keep Old Testament commandments about sex and idolatry but disregard many others, like those about food or ritual purity? Did Christianity inherit its norms of moral reasoning from Judaism or invent them afresh? In Jewish Law in Gentile Churches, Markus Bockmuehl approaches such questions by examining the halakhic (Jewish legal) rationale behind the ethics of Jesus, Paul, and the early Christians. Bockmuehl offers an alternative to the prevailing attitude that ""law-free"" Christianity arose in response to Jewish ""legalism."" Drawing heavily upon primary sources, he suggests that early Christian ethics were more solidly based in Jewish legal teaching than has generally been thought. This important study has far-reaching implications not only for the study of the New Testament, but more broadly for the relationship between Christianity and Judaism. First published by T & T Clark, Jewish Law in Gentile Churches is now available to a North American audience in this affordable paperback edition. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Markus BockmuehlPublisher: Baker Publishing Group Imprint: Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.542kg ISBN: 9780801027581ISBN 10: 0801027586 Pages: 332 Publication Date: 01 November 2003 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationMarkus Bockmuehl (PhD, University of Cambridge) is the Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford and is a Fellow of Keble College. His books include Jewish Law in Gentile Churches, Philippians in Black's New Testament Commentary series, and Seeing the Word: Refocusing New Testament Study. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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