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15 - Biblical Law and Early Christian Interpretation

from Part V - The Legacy of Biblical Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2024

By
Adam Gregerman
Edited by
Bruce Wells
Bruce Wells
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
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Summary

This chapter looks at the interpretations of biblical law produced by early Christian writers and how they sought to distinguish themselves from what they saw as a Jewish approach to the Hebrew Bible and to biblical law in particular.

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MarcionEpistle of BarnabasIgnatius of AntiochJustin Martyr
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The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew Bible , pp. 300 - 318
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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