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13 - Biblical Law and the New Testament

from Part V - The Legacy of Biblical Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2024

By
Thomas Kazen
Edited by
Bruce Wells
Bruce Wells
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
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Summary

This chapter explores how biblical law is treated in the gospels, in Paul, and in other New Testament texts. It shows how recent scholarship has demonstrated that Jesus and Paul treat the law in more positive fashion than they are usually given credit for.

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Gentile believerslegal nominalismlegal realismcircumcisionpragmatism
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The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew Bible , pp. 261 - 282
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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