Jewish Law and Identity: Academic EssaysThe Hermit Kingdom Press, 2005 - 227 pages JEWISH LAW AND IDENTITY is the second book in the Hermit Kingdom Studies in Christianity and Judaism, an academic monograph series in Hebrew, Jewish, and Early Christian Studies. This book contains 9 academic essays relating to the theme of Jewish law and identity. Chapter one compares English contract law (Law of Privity of Contracts) with Jewish contract law as found in the book of Genesis (the Abrahamic covenant). Chapters two and three discuss Jewish Rabbinic Law and its relevance for understanding Jewish identity in the period of the composition of the documents. Chapters four, five and seven discuss Jewish individual and group identity as found in the Old Testament, particularly in relation to the religious practice (Temple worship) and political institutions (the monarchy) of ancient Israel. Chapter six is a theoretical discussion for understanding identity in relation to rituals. The author proposes "the atomic theory", utilizing the scientific concept of the atom with nucleus and electrons, applied in a social-scientific and humanistic way to texts and social realities. Chapter eight discusses the book of Acts and its interaction with Jewish identity and the impact of the movement founded by Jesus of Nazareth. Chapter nine discusses Jewish identity as seen through the pseudepigraphic text of the Psalms of Solomon and its relevant for the late Second Temple period. All the academic essays in the book discuss Jewish law and identity in a creative, and ground-breaking way in light of the most recent research trends. The essays represented here include important academic papers delivered at international conferences, like the Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting and the Australia and New Zealand Theological Society continental conference. This book is useful for using in college/university teaching and for advanced research in Jewish studies. |
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Understanding Jewish Law and the SocioCultural History of the Jews in the Talmudic Era 70500 AD | 17 |
An Examination of the Most Recent Monographs on Methodology | 52 |
A Study of Genre and a Formulation of a Historical Criteria | 76 |
Royal Ideology Zion Theology and Social Justice as Texts in Judges 1921 | 95 |
A Critical and Theoretical Conceptualization of Ritual Studies and Its Application in the Ancient Roman World | 130 |
Prophecy Biblical Interpreters and the Book of Chronicles | 157 |
Food Eating Practices and Empowerment in the Narratives of Acts | 183 |
The Key Signifier of Forever in Psalms of Solomon 11 | 211 |
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