TY - JOUR
AU - Oakes, Peter
AB - reviews ezek. 36:26 envisage the need for a new heart. in the writings 1 Chr. 29:18 con- tains the only reference outside Gen. 6:5 to the yÒr mÌsbwt lbb and envisages an ‘eschatological’ changing of the heart. Qoheleth denies this. God has ordered the world so that the heart can enjoy God’s gifts (5:19). For sirach the problem seems not to exist. These same two themes are picked out in the next essay on ‘Gesetz und weisheit im Pentateuch’ and contrasts law backed by sanctions (which is in princi- ple of universal application) and insight that is given to or achieved by few. in sirach the identification of the law (Torah) with wisdom brings the two concepts closer together and implies a more ‘liberal’ understanding of law. An essay on the ethics of the Decalogue begins with the last of the commandments, those dealing with the inner disposition of humans, before moving ‘upwards’ to those dealing with human solidarity and mutual responsibility, and then to religious obligations. The Deca- logue must be approached from several standpoints, not one. Two essays on eco- nomic perspectives and on war and peace in the Old Testament (which follow predictable lines) precede a 
TI - Philip A. Harland, Dynamics of Identity in the World of the Early Christians: Associations, Judeans and Cultural Minorities
JF - Journal of Semitic Studies
DO - 10.1093/jss/fgt050
DA - 2014-04-22
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/philip-a-harland-dynamics-of-identity-in-the-world-of-the-early-jagYGlaAPB
SP - 226
EP - 227
VL - 59
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -