Law in Religious Communities in the Roman Period: The Debate Over Torah and Nomos in Post-Biblical Judaism and Early Christianity

by Stephen Westerholm, Albert I. Baumgarten, Peter Richardson, et al.

The role and function of law in religious communities in the Roman period--especially in Judaism--has been a key issue among scholars in recent years. This thought-provoking work is the first full-scale attempt to write a historical assessment of the scholarly debate concerning this question, focussing on two closely related religious communities, Judaism and Christianity. By juxtaposing the two religions, a clearer understanding of the developments...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088920201X
• ISBN13: 9780889202016
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"