Jewish Law in Gentile Churches: Halakhah and the Beginning of Christian Public Ethics

by Markus Bockmuehl

Book Overview

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 important 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 fresh and often unexpected...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567706796
• ISBN13: 9780567706799
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"