Jesus and the Laws of Purity : Tradition History and Legal History in Mark 7.

Jesus and the Laws of Purity : Tradition History and Legal History in Mark 7.

The principal concern of this book is to show how uncovering the history of legal development can serve as a control for the conclusions of tradition history. In this groundbreaking study, the author brings his own professional experience as a lawyer to bear upon questions of Jewish law and of Gospe...

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Main Author: Booth, Roger P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Continuum International Pub. Group, 1987.
Series:Library of New Testament studies.
Subjects:
Bible. > Mark VII > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Prefatory Notes; Introduction; A. General; B. The Programme; PART I Traditio-Historical Criticism; CHAPTER 1 THE PRE-MARCAN TRADITION; CHAPTER 2 THE HISTORY OF THE PRE-MARCAN TRADITION; A. Identification of the original units of tradition; B. History of the original units of tradition; C. Mens ipsissima and the purity logion; PART II Historico-Legal Criticism; CHAPTER 3 PRELIMINARY MATTERS; CHAPTER 4 THE HISTORY OF PURITY IN EATING; CHAPTER 5 SUPEREROGATORY HANDWASHING; CHAPTER 6 THE SOURCES OF IMPURITY; CHAPTER 7 CONCLUSIONS; Notes; Bibliography
  • Index of Ancient Passages CitedIndex of Authors; Index of Rabbis; Index of Subjects; Index of Selected Hebrew and Greek Words

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