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Jewish Law from Jesus to the Mishnah

Five Studies
  • ISBN-13: 9781506406091
  • Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
    Imprint: FORTRESS PRESS
  • By E. P. Sanders
  • Price: AUD $73.99
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  • Local release date: 01/03/2016
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 544 pages Weight: 790g
  • Categories: Judaism: theology [HRJT]Jewish studies [JFSR1]
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In this volume E. P. Sanders presents five studies that advance the re-examination of the nature of Jewish law that he began in Jesus and Judaism (Fortress Press, 1985). As usual, he is able to shed new light on old questions and demonstrate that many accepted interpretations are misguided. MPPA chapter on "The Synoptic Jesus and the Law" considers how serious the legal issues discussed between Jesus and his opponents would have been, had they been authentic. Two chapters explore whether the Pharisees had oral law, and whether they ate ordinary food in purity (the thesis of Jacob Neusner). A study of Jewish food and purity laws in the Greek-speaking Diaspora bears on the particular point of law which led to the argument between Peter and Paul at Antioch. At last, Sanders turns to a pointed essay that sets his own approach to rabbinic traditions and the Mishnah in distinct contrast from that of Jacob Neusner. A new preface points to the enduring contribution of these compelling and influential studies.
E. P. Sanders was Professor of Religion successively at McMaster, Oxford, and Duke Universities and is a fellow of the British Academy and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has written numerous landmark books.
Preface to the Fortress Press Edition; 1. The Synoptic Jesus and the Law; 2. Did the Pharisees Have Oral Law?; 3. Did the Pharisees Eat Ordinary Food in Purity?; 4. Purity, Food and Offerings in the Greek-Speaking Diaspora; 5. Jacob Neusner and the Philosophy of the Mishnah.
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