Jewish Law in Gentile Churches

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Jewish Law in Gentile Churches is written by Markus Bockmuehl and published by A&C Black. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0567087344 (ISBN 10) and 9780567087348 (ISBN 13).

Why did the Gentile church keep Old Testament commandments about sex and idolatry, but disregard many others, like those about food or ritual purity? If there were any binding norms, what made them so, and on what basis were they articulated?In this important study, Markus Bockmuehl approaches such questions by examining the halakhic (Jewish legal) rationale behind the ethics of Jesus, Paul and the early Christians. He offers fresh and often unexpected answers based on careful biblical and historical study. His arguments have far-reaching implications not only for the study of the New Testament, but more broadly for the relationship between Christianity and Judaism.