Beschreibung:
These essays explore the Jewish background to central issues in the New Testament -letter and spirit, prophecy and law, forgiveness, the accounts of Jesus' "trial(s)," evidence required for legal/theological claims, the shepherding images, disinheritance, and teachings on marriage and divorce.
Abbreviations Preface 1. Historical Observations on the Relationship between Letter and Spirit 2. The Prophet and the Law in Early Judaism and the New Testament 3. The Trials of Jesus and Jeremiah 4. Testes Singulares in Early Jewish Law and the New Testament 5. Susanna and the Singular History of Singular Witnesses 6. The Jewish Background to the Prodigal Son: An Unresolved Problem 7. Risk-Taking Shepherds 8. "Holier than Thou"? Marriage and Divorce in the Scrolls, the New Testament and Early Rabbinic Sources Bibliography Index of Sources Index of Authors General Index