The role and function of law in religious communities in the Roman period—especially in Judaism—has been a key issue among scholars in recent years. This thought-provoking work is the first full-scale attempt to write a historical assessment of the scholarly debate concerning this question, focussing on two closely related religious communities, Judaism and Christianity. By juxtaposing the two religions, a clearer understanding of the developments with respect to torah and nomos in Judaism and early Christianity emerges. This insightful work, placing emphasis on the major figures and both the scholarly lines of development and the appropriate lines for future research, will set the debate in a clearer and more and succinct manner. It will serve as a critical point of reference for further discussion.
Author(s): Peter Richardson, Stephen Westerholm, Albert I. Baumgarten, Michael Pettem, Cecilia Wassen
Publisher: Canadian Corp. Studies in Religion
Year: 1991
Language: English
Pages: 174
LAW IN RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE ROMAN PERIOD......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
Turning Points: Sanders and Neusner......Page 12
Groups in Judaism......Page 14
Jesus and Paul......Page 16
Ethnology and Jurisprudence......Page 18
Religion and Law......Page 19
The Origins of the Modern Understanding......Page 20
Ethnology or Comparative Law......Page 21
Conclusion......Page 24
Notes......Page 25
Law in Early Judaism and Christianity: Introductory Comments......Page 30
Julius Wellhausen......Page 33
Sigmund Mowinckel and Albrecht Alt......Page 38
Martin Noth......Page 40
Gerhard von Rad......Page 44
Walther Zimmerli......Page 47
Notes......Page 52
Solomon Schechter......Page 56
C. H. Dodd......Page 57
H.-J. Schoeps......Page 60
Samuel Sandmel......Page 63
W. D. Davies......Page 65
Notes......Page 66
4 Law, Grace and the "Soteriology" of Judaism......Page 68
Martin Luther......Page 69
Rudolf Bultmann......Page 71
E. P. Sanders......Page 74
Heikki Räisänen and Other Responses......Page 77
Notes......Page 83
C. H. Dodd......Page 86
David Daube......Page 89
The Messianic Torah in Judaism......Page 91
The Messianic Torah in Paul......Page 92
The Messianic Torah in Matthew......Page 94
Conclusion......Page 96
Notes......Page 100
F. C. Baur......Page 104
Albrecht Ritschl......Page 106
H.-J. Schoeps......Page 109
Jean Daniélou......Page 110
R. E. Brown......Page 113
Conclusion......Page 116
Notes......Page 117
7 Rivkin and Neusner on the Pharisees......Page 120
Ellis Rivkin......Page 121
Jacob Neusner and Morton Smith......Page 125
Jacob Neusner......Page 129
Notes......Page 132
Background......Page 138
Lauterfoach, Finkelstein and Zeitlin......Page 140
Daube and Lightstone......Page 145
Le Moyne and Saldarini......Page 148
Conclusion......Page 151
Notes......Page 153
Background......Page 158
Semantic Considerations......Page 160
Community Considerations......Page 161
Further Work......Page 164
Notes......Page 166
Index of Authors......Page 168
Index of References......Page 172
Back Matter......Page 176
