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Aerial view of ancient stone ruins with rectangular and circular structures, surrounded by trees and pathways.

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Biblical Law versus Rabbinic Law in Rabbinic Texts

1st–6th Centuries

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Torah Law versus Magian Law

b. Bava Metsi‘a 30b

220–600

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Tosefta on Biblical and Rabbinic Law

t. Eduyyot 1:1, 3–5

70–300

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The Talmud on Biblical and Rabbinic Law

b. Eruvin 21b

220–600

The top of Hammurabi's Stela; Hammurabi stands with a hand to his nose in submission to the seated god Shamash.

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The Ancient Near Eastern Background of Biblical Law

Biblical Period

Ancient stone relief with intricate carvings of leaves, geometric patterns, and rosettes, one of which has a five-pointed star in its center. The stone appears weathered and partially damaged.

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Jesus and the Law

1st–2nd Centuries

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Noah’s Daughters-in-Law

Jubilees 7:14–16

Mid-2nd Century BCE

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Min under the Law

t. Ḥullin 2:22–24

70–300

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Conflicting Interpretations of the Law

b. Eruvin 13b|b. Sukkah 42b–43a|b. Sanhedrin 46a|b. Eruvin 14b|b. Berakhot 11a

220–600

Tablet with inscribed Hebrew writing and several cracks, and small disconnected fragment.

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Law in the Hebrew Bible

Biblical Period

Source

Linguistic Detail as a Source of Law

Sifra Tazri’a Nega’im 13:2

3rd or 4th Century

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Sectarian Halakhic Disputes Recorded in Rabbinic Law

1st–6th Centuries