LEADER 04340oam 22006134a 450 001 9910462662803321 005 20211004152635.0 010 $a1-57506-687-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781575066875 035 $a(CKB)2670000000332613 035 $a(EBL)3155661 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000818533 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12425459 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000818533 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10840418 035 $a(PQKB)11059626 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3155661 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3155661 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10632312 035 $a(OCoLC)922991865 035 $a(DE-B1597)584462 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781575066875 035 $a(OCoLC)961601229 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_79444 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000332613 100 $a20160125d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAccording to the Law$eReading Ezra 9-10 as Christian Scripture /$fCsilla Saysell 210 1$aWinona Lake, Ind. :$cEisenbrauns,$d2012. 210 4$dİ2012. 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 225 0 $aJournal of theological interpretation supplement ;$v4 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-57506-703-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tTABLE OF CONTENTS --$tAcknowledgements --$tAbbreviations --$tPART I --$t1 Introduction --$t2 Attitudes to the ?Law? --$t3 The Context of Ezra 9?10 --$t4 The Abominations of the Nations --$t5 ??rem Law and Ezra 9?10 --$t6 Holy Seed and Intermingling --$t7 Profanation and Impurity --$t8 Conclusion to Part I --$tPART II --$t9 Introduction to a Christian Reading of Ezra 9?10 --$t10 Ezra 9?10 in Christian Interpretation --$t11 Ezra 9?10 in Jewish Understanding --$t12 Constraints from Canon and Tradition --$t13 NT Perspective: 1 Cor 7:12?16 --$t14 Insights from Anthropology and a Contemporary Case Study --$t15 Conclusion --$tBibliography --$tIndex of Biblical Citations --$tIndex of Authors and Subjects 330 $aChristian interpreters have struggled with the story of Ezra 9?10 for many reasons. Its apparent legalism and racism, as well as its advocacy of divorce as a solution for intermarriage, is unacceptable for many Christians, yet this incident is presented in implicitly positive terms, and the narrative forms a part of Scripture. What then should a Christian reader make of such a story, not least from the vantage point of the NT? The troubling aspects of the incident are considered in Part I through a detailed exegesis outlining the exiles? legal reasoning, rooted in pentateuchal laws. Part II then discusses questions of a broader hermeneutical framework. Saysell suggests that prior Christian assumptions, such as the combination of scriptural authority and the primacy of narrative in interpretation, can lead to an unhelpful way of reading stories that takes them as examples to follow/avoid rather than invites engagement for the renewing of the mind (Rom 12:1?2). One also needs to consider how such a difficult question as intermarriage is handled in the rest of the canon (and in tradition), which put into perspective the solution offered and constrains the meaning of the primary text. Specifically, ?the holy seed? rationale (Ezra 9:2), which gives rise to the charge of racism, is shown to have flourished briefly in the Second Temple Period but proved to be a dead end in the long run. A comparison with the NT treatment of a specific intermarriage crisis in 1 Cor 7:12?16, as well as with other, present-day solutions, can highlight what went wrong in the exilic reasoning and yet what constructive challenge the text as Scripture may hold for the Christian reader. 410 0$aJournal of theological interpretation supplements ;$v4. 606 $aRELIGION$xBiblical Studies$xOld Testament$2bisacsh 608 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRELIGION$xBiblical Studies$xOld Testament. 676 $a222.706 700 $aSaysell$b Csilla$01032611 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462662803321 996 $aAccording to the law$92450579 997 $aUNINA