Law beyond Israel : : from the Bible to the Qur'an / / Holger M. Zellentin.

• Superior document: Oxford studies in Abrahamic religions
• VerfasserIn: Zellentin, Holger M., 1976-
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Oxford University Press,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Oxford studies in Abrahamic religions.; Oxford scholarship online.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (365 pages)
• Notes: This edition also issued in print: 2022.; "This is an open access publication, available online and distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)"--Title page verso.

The Hebrew Bible formulates two sets of law: one for Israelites and one for gentiles living in the Holy Land. 'Law Beyond Israel' argues that the laws for non-Israelites form the historical basis of qur'anic law, pointing to legal continuity from the Hebrew Bible to the New Testament and from late antique Christianity to nascent Islam.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Law Beyond Israel: From the Bible to the Qur'an -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Texts, Transcriptions, Transliterations, Translations, and Abbreviations -- Map of Arabia in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries ce -- Introduction: Law for Jews and Law for Gentiles -- Law as Literature -- Ten Propositions on Gentile Law -- From the Bible to the Qur'an -- The Bible -- Late Antiquity -- The Qur'an, Arabian Epigraphy, and the Islamic Tradition -- Chapter Overview -- Chapter 1. Blood and Demons: Genesis 9 and Leviticus 17 to Q 6 Sūrat al-Anʿām 145-6 and Q 5 Sūrat al-Māʾida 3 -- Chapter 2. Sex as Crime: Leviticus 18:19-26 to Qur'anic fāḥisha/faḥshāʾ (Sexual Transgression) and zinā (Fornication) -- Chapter 3. The Poetics of Incest Law: Leviticus 18:6-18 to Q 4 Sūrat al-Nisāʾ 22-23 -- Chapter 4. Purity and Punishment in the Qur'an -- An Outlook -- 1. Blood and Demons: Genesis 9 and Leviticus 17 to Q 6 Sūrat al-Anʿām 145-6 and Q 5 Sūrat al-Māʾida 3 -- Purity and Food from the Noahide Covenant to the Holiness School -- Blood and Carrion before and after the Destruction of the Second Temple -- Pure Food for Gentiles throughout Late Antiquity -- Pure Food for Gentiles-or Ishmaelites-in the Qur'an -- 2. Sex as Crime: Leviticus 18:19-26 to Qur'anic fāḥisha/faḥshāʾ (Sexual Transgression) and zinā (Fornication) -- Sexual Purity Regulations from the Noahide Covenant to the Holiness School -- Illicit Sexual Relations in the First and Second Centuries CE -- Appreciative Attitudes towards Sexual Purity -- The Expansive Attitude towards Sexual Purity -- Sexual Purity Regulations in the Meccan Qur'an -- Sexual Purity in the Medinan Qur'an -- 3. The Poetics of Incest Law: Leviticus 18:6-18 to Q 4 Sūrat al-Nisāʾ 22-23 -- Consanguinity, Affinity, and Exemptions: Major Trends in Christian Marriage Law.

The Bible's List of Prohibited Relationships -- The Qur'an's List of Prohibited Relations -- A Legal and Literary Comparison of the Qur'an and the Bible -- The Qur'an's Reiteration of Biblical Law in Light of Late Antique Legal Culture -- 4. Purity and Punishment in the Qur'an -- Purity and Holiness -- From the Holy Land's Defilement to Corruption in the Land -- Punishment -- An Outlook -- Works Quoted -- Index.