The New Testament and Jewish Law: A Guide for the Perplexed (Guides for the Perplexed)
<!—[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><![endif]—><!—[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]—><!—[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object><style>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }</style><![endif]—><style><!— /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal{mso-style-parent:"";margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-fareast-}@page Section1{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;mso-header-mso-footer-mso-paper-source:0;}div.Section1{page:Section1;}—></style><!—[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-ansi-language:#0400;mso-fareast-language:#0400;mso-bidi-language:#0400;}</style><![endif]—>'Clear, well documented, and fair, Crossley's study not onlydemonstrates what the Jewish sources say about such matters as Sabbath observance,purity, and relations with Gentiles, it also corrects often-repeatedstereotypes that still infect Christian teaching and preaching.' - Amy-Jill Levine, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professorof New Testament Studies, ,Graduate Dept. of Religion, Program in Jewish Studies, Vanderbilt University, USA.<br  /><br  /> (Amy-Jill Levine)<br  /><br  /><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"  /><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"  /><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"  /><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Caturton%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Ce%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"  /><!—[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><![endif]—><!—[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]—><!—[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object><style>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }</style><![endif]—><style>!— /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal{mso-style-parent:"";margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-fareast-}@page Section1{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;mso-header-mso-footer-mso-paper-source:0;}div.Section1{page:Section1;}—></style><!—[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-ansi-language:#0400;mso-fareast-language:#0400;mso-bidi-language:#0400;}</style><![endif]—><p>'Jewish law is an extremely complex topic and most NewTestament scholars settle for a few choice quotes to illustrate the point beingmade. In this book, James Crossly begins with Jewish law and shows how anunderstanding of its complexity can greatly illuminate passages from theGospels and Paul. It is indeed a guide for the perplexed and will go straighton to my reading list.' - Professor Steve Moyise,University of Chichester, UK. <br  /></p> (Steve Moyise)<br  /><br  />T&T Clark's Guides for the Perplexed help to clarify issues concerning thinkers, writers and subjects that students find troublesome. Crossley becomes a handy guide for the intricacies of Jewish law as used within the writings of New Testament. It is a most usefull book. If exegesis of the new Testament is to have any credibility it must deal fairly with the question of Jews and Judaism. Up until recently there has been much misunderstanding of Jews and Judaism in the first century of our era. Hopefully this book will help to remove some of that. - Ed Parker, The University of Newcastle, NWS, Australia (Ed Parker)<br  /><br  />