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Questions tagged [mosaic-law]

Christian interpretations of the rules and regulations established in the Old Testament by God through Moses

Use this tag for any question about New Testament and (early or modern) Christian attitudes to Old Testament or other Jewish rules and regulations.

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Should biblical laws apply to non-Christians?

Obviously a lot of Christians want to have biblically based laws in the society, in effect requiring everybody to follow biblical morals. But the opposite is also a popular view among Christians: as non-believers are not saved either way, we…
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Were some parts of the law abolished or "not one jot will by any means pass from the law"?

Were some parts of the law cancelled or the whole law in its completeness should continue untill the heaven and the earth disappear? Some parts of the New Testament clearly state that some portions of the law have been abolished with the death,…
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Why does Mosaic Law insist on primogenitur even when the dad despises the first born son's mother?

If a man has two wives, one of them loved and the other disliked, and if both the loved and the disliked have borne him sons, the firstborn being the son of the one who is disliked, then on the day when he wills his possessions to his sons, he is…
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Is keeping kosher impermissible?

Although most Christian denominations do not require keeping kosher, are there any that prohibit keeping kosher? I'm most interested in Reformed, Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox views, but also others (to a lesser extent).
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What Judaic Laws are Christians responsible for upholding?

Bear with me, I don't have an extensive foundation of Christian or Judaic teaching. Oftentimes Christians will cite the Old Testament as evidence that a particular thing is bad, such as homosexuality. (I understand that such people may not be…
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