Böcker av Professor Markus (University of Oxford Bockmuehl

This text examines the halakhic rationale behind the ethics of Jesus, Paul and the early Christians. It asks questions such as: why did the Gentile church keep Old Testament commandments about sex and idolatry, but disregard many others, like those about food or ritual purity?

Offers a critical engagement with several of the different approaches to Pauline interpretation, including questions of rhetoric and social convention. This commentary relates an understanding of the letter's first century impact to the wider concerns of Christian theology.