What were Jesus and the Pharisees Talking about when they Talked about Law?

Jesus' Legal Theory - A Rabbinic Reading opens with a startling claim. The increasing number of legal scholars who have begun exploring the relationship between Christianity and American law in the past several years have neglected to consider the insights of Jesus himself. "[N]otably abse...

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Main Author: Skeel, David A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2007
In: Journal of law and religion
Year: 2007, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 141-146
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Summary:Jesus' Legal Theory - A Rabbinic Reading opens with a startling claim. The increasing number of legal scholars who have begun exploring the relationship between Christianity and American law in the past several years have neglected to consider the insights of Jesus himself. "[N]otably absent from this literature," Professor Saiman writes, "is any extensive examination of Jesus, and his views about jurisprudence and legal theory. Despite the overall diversity of his writings, there is little discussion about what Jesus thought about law, lawyers, legal rules and the legal order." What, the article asks, does Jesus' own legal theory look like?
ISSN:2163-3088
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of law and religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0748081400002630