considered because the hermeneutical issues are thorny. Four common approaches will be considered here. One way of applying biblical law to modern issues and laws is to look for literal correlations between the two. While this way of viewing the Bible is common among very conservative readers of Scripture, this approach is seriously flawed. I think most readers of the Old Testament law, Christians or Jews, will agree that the Sinai legislation of Exodus 20–Deuteronomy 34 constituted the legal code for Israel