The Pharisees : their history, character, and new testament portrait /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yinger, Kent L. (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Other Authors: Evans, Craig A. (writer of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Eugene, OR : Cascade Books, [2022]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Origin and History of the Pharisees
  • Josephus and the beginnings of the Pharisees
  • Josephus and the historical development of the Pharisees
  • Part 2: Character of the Pharisees
  • Distinctives in Josephu
  • Echoes in the DSS and Rabbinic literature
  • Common identity with other Jews
  • Part 3: New Testament Portrait: Disagreements with Pharisees
  • Jesus and the Pharisees: Introductory matters
  • Never on Saturday: Disagreements over Sabbath rules
  • Eating with sinners: Dinner with Levi the Toll-Collector
  • Don't touch that! Eating with unclean hands and other disagreements over purity rules
  • Who are you? Core disagreements over kingdom, authority, and identity
  • Political dynamite: Pharisees, politics, and power
  • Why do you eat so much? Jesus, fasting, and the Pharisees
  • Part 4: New Testament portrait: Attitudes toward Pharisees
  • Were the Pharisees legalists?
  • Woe to you hypocrites
  • A more positive spin on the Pharisees in Acts and Paul
  • Taking stock of the Pharisees: Conclusions and suggestions.