Judaism in the New Testament: Practices and BeliefsJudaism in the New Testament explains how the writings of the early church emerged from communities which defined themselves in Judaic terms even as they professed faith in Christ. These two extremely distinguished scholars introduce readers to the plurality of Judaisms of the period. They show, by examining a variety of texts, how the major figures of the New Testament reflect distinctly Judaic practices and beliefs. |
Contents
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2 No Orthodox Traditional Judaism? The issue of the Mishnah the Judaism of orthopraxy | 19 |
3 Analyzing a Judaism? How and why? | 42 |
4 Theory Of The Social Entity Who and what is Israel in the Judaism of St Paul? | 58 |
5 Pauls Competitors Jesus Disciples And The Israel Of Jesus | 98 |
Jesus And The Torah The Gospels Judaic way of life | 129 |
From The Salvation To Sanctification The letter to the Hebrews Judaic worldview | 160 |
Notes | 189 |
Index | 200 |
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Judaism in the New Testament: Practices and Beliefs Bruce Chilton,Jacob Neusner Limited preview - 1995 |
Judaism in the New Testament: Practices and Beliefs Bruce Chilton,Jacob Neusner Limited preview - 1995 |
Judaism in the New Testament: Practices and Beliefs Bruce Chilton,Jacob Neusner No preview available - 2002 |
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Acts argument attested B. D. Chilton baptism believe blessed Christian Judaism Christianity Church circumcision cited commandments conception concerning context covenant defined definition disciples distinct diverse documents E. P. Sanders epistle Essenes ethnic Exodus facts faith father follows Galatians Genesis Rabbah gentiles God’s Gospels halakhah Heaven Hebrews high priest holy human Incarnate insistence interpretation Isaac Isaiah Israel Israelites issue Jacob Jacob Neusner James Jerusalem Jewish Jews Judaic Judaic system Land of Israel Leviticus Lord Luke matter Matthew means Midrash Mishnah Moses Neusner Numbers ofthe orthopraxy Paul Paul’s perspective Peter Pharisees Philo promise prophets purity question Qumran Rabbi reference relationship religion rest Romans Sabbath Sabbath day sacrifice sages sanctification Sanders says Scripture Sinai single Judaism social entity speak statement supernatural Synoptic Synoptic Gospels teaching Temple Testament theology things Torah tractates uncleanness word writings