Law and the Bible : justice, mercy, and legal institutions / edited by Robert F. Cochran Jr. and David VanDrunen. - 269 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The biblical foundations of law: creation, fall and the patriarchs / Law and political order: Israel's constitutional history / Criminal and civil law in the Torah: the Mosaic law in Christian perspective / The law of life: law in the Wisdom literature / Crying out for justice: civil law and the prophets / The kingdom of God, law, and the heart: Jesus and the civil law / Civil law and civil disobedience: the early church and the law / Living as Christians under civil law: the New Testament letters, law and politics / Expectation and consummation: law in eschatological perspective / Randy Beck and David VanDrunen -- William S. Brewbaker III and V. Philips Long -- David Skeel and Tremper Longman III -- Roger P. Alford and Leslie M. Alford -- Barbara E. Armacost and Peter Enns -- Robert F. Cochran Jr. and Dallas Willard -- Joel A. Nichols and James W. McCarty III -- David M. Smolin and Kar Yong Lim -- John Copeland Nagle and Keith A. Mathison.

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Bible and law.
Jewish law.

BS 680 .L33 L373 2013