Book contents
- Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity
- Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Creating a Primary Bond
- Chapter 2 During Betrothal
- Chapter 3 Creating a Marital Bond
- Chapter 4 Breaking a Marital Bond
- Chapter 5 Discussion and Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 December 2019
- Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity
- Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Creating a Primary Bond
- Chapter 2 During Betrothal
- Chapter 3 Creating a Marital Bond
- Chapter 4 Breaking a Marital Bond
- Chapter 5 Discussion and Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index
Summary
No doubt, the author of this text, Ephrem of Edessa, was a faithful post-Nicene Christian. Ephrem (306–373 CE) was one of the most renowned Syriac Christian writers and is one of the earliest known to us by name. Living in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire, Ephrem followed the New Testament and the teachings of the Western Church, and accepted Paul’s abolition of the commandments. Like his contemporaries from the Western Roman Empire, he claimed that the commandments were given to the Jews because of the “hardness of their hearts.” But, he argued, after the Christians had been chosen as the People of God, there was no need for these commandments.
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- Jewish Law and Early Christian IdentityBetrothal, Marriage, and Infidelity in the Writings of Ephrem the Syrian, pp. 1 - 44Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020