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Article: The Torah, Theology and Social History of Old Testament Law.
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- Theological Studies
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- March 1, 1998
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By Frank Crusemann. Translated from the German by Allan W. Mahnke. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996. Pp. xv + 460. $44.
Christian rhetoric has contrasted law and gospel as though these two were opposed. In a post-Christian era, as secular law becomes truly opposed to gospel, the churches progressively realize the need of a theology of law and a gospel-based law. Crusemann shows that the biblical notion of Torah, as presented for example in Deuteronomy 6:20-25, stands upon the integration of history and law, and that such Torah is an original contribution of Israel and an enduring basis of our society. In a massive study, he proposes to explain Torah in terms of the ...