Jewish Law from Jesus to the Mishnah: Five Studies

by E. P. Sanders

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 2016

Overview

In this volume, E. P. Sanders presents five studies that advance the re-examination of the nature of Jewish law that he began in Jesus and Judaism (Fortress Press, 1985). As usual, he is able to shed new light on old questions and demonstrate that many accepted interpretations are misguided. A chapter on “The Synoptic Jesus and the Law” considers how serious the legal issues discussed between Jesus and his opponents would have been, had they been authentic. Two chapters explore whether the Pharisees had oral law, and whether they ate ordinary food in purity (the thesis of Jacob Neusner). A study of Jewish food and purity laws in the Greek-speaking Diaspora bears on the particular point of law which led to the argument between Peter and Paul at Antioch. Finally, Sanders turns to a pointed essay that sets his own approach to rabbinic traditions and the Mishnah in distinct contrast from that of Jacob Neusner. A new preface points to the enduring contribution of these compelling and influential studies.

Product Details

• Title: Jewish Law from Jesus to the Mishnah: Five Studies
• Author: E. P. Sanders
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Print Publication Date: 2016
• Logos Release Date: 2017
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Jesus Christ › Views on Jewish law; Jesus Christ › Teachings
• ISBNs: 9781506406091, 9781506408163, 1506406092, 1506408168
• Resource ID: LLS:JWSHLWJSSMSHNH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:00:12Z

About E. P. Sanders

E.P. Sanders is emeritus arts and sciences professor of religion at Duke University. His Jesus and Judaism was winner of the 1990 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion. His volume Paul and Palestinian Judaism received the 1978 National Religious Book Award, Scholarly Book Category, from the Religious Book Review. He is also the author of Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People.