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A Marginal Jew, Rethinking the Historical Jesus: Volume Four, Law and Love is unavailable, but you can change that!

John Meier’s previous volumes in the acclaimed series, A Marginal Jew are founded upon the notion that while solid historical information about Jesus is quite limited, people of different faiths can nevertheless arrive at a consensus on fundamental historical facts of his life. In this eagerly anticipated fourth volume in the series, Meier approaches a fresh topic—the teachings of the historical...

their proper perspective and in their proper relationship to each other. The temporal priority of human beings (created on the sixth day) seems to hint at their substantive priority to the sabbath (the seventh day).149 This harking back to the order of God’s good creation before it was marred by sin is typical of Jewish apocalyptic thought and is found elsewhere in Jesus’ teaching, notably in his teaching on marriage and divorce in Mark 10:2–9.150 In a larger sense, it is part of Jesus’ proclamation
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