Law Beyond Israel - From the Bible to the Qur''an

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.

List of contents

• Introduction: Law for Jews and Law for Gentiles


• 1: Blood and Demons


• 2: Sex as Crime


• 3: The Poetics of Incest Law


• 4: Purity and Punishment in the Qur'an

About the author

Holger M. Zellentin is a scholar of Late Antiquity, with a focus on Talmudic and Qur'anic studies. The present volume is the product of a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship and a Philip Leverhulme Prize; among other recognitions, Professor Zellentin has won an ERC Consolidator Grant, The Quran as a Source for Late Antiquity. He currently chairs the board of directors of the International Qur'anic Studies Association and has previously served on the steering committee of the British Association for Jewish Studies. After faculty appointments in Berkeley, Nottingham, and Cambridge, he joined the University of Tübingen in 2019.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Holger M. Zellentin, Holger M. (Professor of Religion (Jewis Zellentin
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9780199675579
• ISBN: 978-0-19-967557-9
• No. of pages: 366
• Series: Oxford Studies in the Abrahamic Religions
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; RELIGION / History, LAW / Legal History, comparative religion, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, History of Religion, Legal History