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This text examines the halakhic rationale behind the ethics of Jesus, Paul and the early Christians. It asks questions such as: why did the Gentile church keep Old Testament commandments about sex and idolatry, but disregard many others, like those about food or ritual purity

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Offers a discussion of Messianism as a topic of political and religious commitment and controversy. This book serves as a contribution to the history of ancient Judaism and Christianity, of the complex and often problematic relationship between them, and of the conflicting loyalties.

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Provides discussion of Messianism as a topic of political and religious commitment and controversy. This book surveys this motif over nearly a thousand years with the help of a focused historical and political searchlight.

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Offers a critical engagement with several of the different approaches to Pauline interpretation, including questions of rhetoric and social convention. This commentary relates an understanding of the letter's first century impact to the wider concerns of Christian theology.

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(Paperback)