A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume 4: Law and Love

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Contents
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME FOUR: THE HISTORICAL JESUS IS THE HALAKIC JESUS
	I. The Multiple Difficulties of Dealing with Jesus and the Law
	II. Three Vital Distinctions
	III. A Road Map through Volume Four
	IV. Once Again, A Reminder about the Rules of the Road
	NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 31 JESUS AND THE LAW—BUT WHAT IS THE LAW?
	I. Jesus and the Law: Reciprocal Illumination
	II. The Meaning(s) of the Law: The Old Testament and Intertestamental Judaism
	III. The Meaning(s) of the Law: The New Testament and Rabbinic Judaism
	IV. The Problem of the Historical Jesus and the Historical Law
	NOTES TO CHAPTER 31
CHAPTER 32 JESUS’ TEACHING ON DIVORCE
	I. Introduction: Some Preliminary Clarifications
	II. Divorce in the Pentateuch
	III. Divorce in the Prophets and Wisdom Literature
	IV. Intertestamental Period: Philo, Josephus, and Qumran
		A. Philo
		B. Josephus
		C. Qumran
	V. A Glance Forward to the Mishna
	VI. The New Testament Statements on Divorce
		A. 1 Corinthians 7:10–11
		B. The Q Tradition (Matt 5:32 || Luke 16:18)
		C. Mark 10:11–12
		D. Divorce and the Criteria of Historicity
		E. The Dispute Story in Mark 10:2–12
		F. Conclusions
	NOTES TO CHAPTER 32
CHAPTER 33 THE PROHIBITION OF OATHS
	I. Introduction
	II. Oaths: From the Jewish Scriptures to the Mishna
		A. Initial Clarifications
		B. Oaths in Ancient Israel and Judaism
	III. The Prohibition of Oaths in the New Testament
		A. The Special Situation of the New Testament Sources
		B. An Initial Comparison of the Two Texts
		C. The Earliest Available Version of the Tradition
		D. Does the Prohibition Go Back to the Historical Jesus?
	NOTES TO CHAPTER 33
CHAPTER 34 JESUS AND THE SABBATH
	I. The Sabbath from the Scriptures to the Mishna
		A. The Sabbath in the Jewish Scriptures
		B. The Sabbath in the Deuterocanonical (Apocryphal) Books
		C. The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and Qumran
		D. Jewish Diaspora Literature: Aristobulus, Philo, and Josephus
		E. A Quick Glance Forward to the Mishna
	II. Jesus’ Actions on and Sayings about the Sabbath
		A. Miracles on the Sabbath That Do Not Provoke a Dispute
		B. Miracles on the Sabbath That Do Provoke a Dispute
		C. Sayings of Jesus on Sabbath Hălākâ Found in the Synoptic Miracle Stories
		D. The Plucking of Grain on the Sabbath (Mark 2:23–28)
		E. The Sabbath Sayings in Mark 2:27–28
	III. Conclusion
	NOTES TO CHAPTER 34
CHAPTER 35 JESUS AND PURITY LAWS
	I. Purity Laws in the Pentateuch and Beyond
	II. Jesus and Purity in Mark 7:1–23
		A. The Structure of Mark 7:1–23
		B. A Structured Translation of Mark 7:1–23
		C. Identifying the Hand(s) of the Christian Author(s)
		D. Searching for the Historical Jesus in the Subunits of Mark 7:6–23
		E. Verses 1–5: The Question about Eating with Unwashed Hands
	III. Other Possible References to Ritual Purity in the Gospels
	IV. Conclusions on Jesus and Ritual Purity
	NOTES TO CHAPTER 35
CHAPTER 36 WIDENING THE FOCUS: THE LOVE COMMANDMENTS OF JESUS
	I. Introduction: The Various Commandments of Love
	II. The Double Command of Love in the Gospel of Mark
		A. The Place of the Double Command of Love (Mark 12:28–34)
		B. The Structure and Content of Mark 12:28–34
		C. The Argument for the Historicity of Mark 12:28–34
	III. The Command to Love Enemies in the Q Tradition
		A. Clarifying the Question
		B. “Love Your Enemies”: Is There an Exact Parallel?
	IV. The Golden Rule in the Q Tradition
	V. The Love Command in the Johannine Tradition
		A. The Theological Context of the Love Command within John’s Gospel
		B. The Love Commands: John and the Synoptics Compared
		C. The Question of Historicity
		D. The Love Command in the Johannine Epistles
	VI. Concluding Reflections on the Love Commandments
	NOTES TO CHAPTER 36
CONCLUSION TO VOLUME FOUR
	I. Positive Insights
	II. Negative (or Inverse) Insights
	NOTES TO CONCLUSION
Map of Palestine in the Time of Jesus
Map of the Galilee of Jesus’ Ministry
Chart of the Family of Herod the Great
Chart of the Regnal Years of the Roman Principes (Emperors)
List of Abbreviations
Scripture and Other Ancient Writings Index
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