Jewish Law in Gentile Churches: Halakah and the Beginning of Christian Public Ethics.(Book Review)

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Jewish Law in Gentile Churches: Halakah and the Beginning of Christian Public Ethics. By Marcus Bockmuehl. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2003. xvii and 313 pages. Paper. $29.99.

Marcus Bockmuehl has two major concerns as the basis of his scholarship: first, the prominent role of Jewish law in the ethics of Jesus and the early church, and, second, the principles and concerns by which Christians formulated an ethic for Gentiles.

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