Law and Ethics in Early Judaism and the New Testament

by Stephen Westerholm

Pious Jews of the Second Temple period sought to conform their lives to Torah, the law God had given Israel. Their different sects disagreed, however, on how to interpret particular laws and even on the question of who had the authority to interpret them. Jesus and his earliest followers, while focusing primarily on what they believed God was doing in their own day, were repeatedly confronted with issues raised by its relation to God's prior revelation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3161551338
• ISBN13: 9783161551338
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.26 lbs.