Biblical Law and the New Testament

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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

Thomas Kazen

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Bruce Wells

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Bruce Wells: Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin

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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 believers legal nominalism legal realism circumcision pragmatism

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Information: The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew Bible , pp. 261 - 282

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108636322.019 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2024

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