Law beyond Israel : : from the Bible to the Qur'an /

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

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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...

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Superior document:Oxford studies in Abrahamic religions
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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)
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  • 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.
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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.

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