Understanding Biblical Law: Skills for Thinking with and Through Torah (Paperback)
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We tend to be perplexed by the psalmists who express delight in God's laws. We see biblical law as a long list of rules with harsh punishments, and the more we read the biblical law within modern legal frameworks, the stranger it appears. We are too estranged from its world, aims, and concerns to see its beauty and wisdom. In Understanding Biblical Law: Skills for Thinking with and Through Torah, Dru Johnson reorients the reader to see biblical law through ancient Israelite eyes. He deconstru...