Essays on Halakhah in the New Testament

by Bernard S. Jackson

The texts of the New Testament have long been understood to require interpretation in the light of the Hebrew Bible, Qumran and other postbiblical literary and documentary sources. Conversely, they provide an invaluable source for the reconstruction of halakhah in the late Second Commonwealth period. These essays illustrate the complexity of the inter-relationships, and the methodological issues which arise: the "legal" content of the texts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004162739
• ISBN13: 9789004162730
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 266 Pages