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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWinner of the 2016 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Biblical Studies, Rabbinics, and Jewish History & Culture in Antiquity, Association for Jewish Studies Winner of the 2016 PROSE Award in Theology & Religious Studies, Association of American Publishers Winner of the 2015 National Jewish Book Award in Scholarship (Nahum M. Sarna Memorial Award), Jewish Book Council "Hayes's careful examination of the full range of this literature, especially her deep evaluation of the developments within Rabbinism, represents a major step in understanding of both a central concept in law and a fundamental underpinning of Judaism from antiquity until the present day."--A. J. Avery-Peck, Choice "Christine Hayes has both enriched and challenged the scholarly community with a thoroughly explorative, ambitious, and erudite study of the modalities of Jewish law in relation to Graeco-Roman law theory."--Peter J. Tomson, Journal for the Study of Judaism "This book is beautifully written, carefully structured and as such represents a wonderfully clear way in to the bewildering world of rabbinic Judaism as well as shedding new light on some of the ongoing debates in both Jewish and legal studies."--Joshua M. Heyes, Theology
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. xi*Abbreviations, pg. xiii*Introduction, pg. 1*Introduction, pg. 12*Chapter 1. Biblical Discourses of Law, pg. 14*Chapter 2. Greco- Roman Discourses of Law, pg. 54*Introduction, pg. 92*Chapter 3. Bridging the Gap: Divine Law in Hellenistic and Second Temple Jewish Sources, pg. 94*Chapter 4. Minding the Gap: Paul, pg. 140*Introduction, pg. 166*Chapter 5. The "Truth" about Torah, pg. 169*Chapter 6. The (Ir)rationality of Torah, pg. 246*Chapter 7. The Flexibility of Torah, pg. 287*Chapter 8. Natural Law in Rabbinic Sources?, pg. 328*Writing the Next Chapters, pg. 371*Bibliography, pg. 379*Index of Primary Sources, pg. 397*General Index, pg. 406
