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5. Torah as Law

  • John J. Collins
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The Invention of Judaism
This chapter is in the book The Invention of Judaism
© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Introduction: Jews, Judeans, and the Maccabean Crisis 1
  5. 1. Deuteronomy and the Invention of the Torah 21
  6. 2. Torah in the Persian Period 44
  7. 3. The Persistence of Non-Mosaic Judaism 62
  8. 4. Torah as Narrative and Wisdom 80
  9. 5. Torah as Law 97
  10. 6. Torah and Apocalypticism 114
  11. 7. The Law in the Diaspora 134
  12. 8. Paul, Torah, and Jewish Identity 159
  13. Epilogue 183
  14. Notes 189
  15. Bibliography 255
  16. Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Sources 301
  17. Index of Modern Authors 313
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780520967366-007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Introduction: Jews, Judeans, and the Maccabean Crisis 1
  5. 1. Deuteronomy and the Invention of the Torah 21
  6. 2. Torah in the Persian Period 44
  7. 3. The Persistence of Non-Mosaic Judaism 62
  8. 4. Torah as Narrative and Wisdom 80
  9. 5. Torah as Law 97
  10. 6. Torah and Apocalypticism 114
  11. 7. The Law in the Diaspora 134
  12. 8. Paul, Torah, and Jewish Identity 159
  13. Epilogue 183
  14. Notes 189
  15. Bibliography 255
  16. Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Sources 301
  17. Index of Modern Authors 313
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