They Loved the Torah: What Yeshua's First Followers Really Thought About the Law

""""They Loved the Torah: What Yeshua's First Followers Really Thought About the Law"""" in many ways, is a game changer. While not academic, it is accessible to both the layman and academic, for it is written as a means to foster serious study as to what the early Christian believers (and congregations) thought and taught about the Law. Much of Christendom today teach a tripartite nature of Scripture (civil, ceremonial and moral), yet not such distinction is evident or taught within the church until the time of Thomas Aquinas' 'Summa Theologica' and even then, was a move to elevate the NT over the OT. This is sad, for as this book shows with grace and scriptural integrity, that the apostles and disciples of Jesus - before and after his death and resurrection - abided by the Law, seeing it not as a means of salvation (which is never stated in Scripture) but a means of sanctification. The author is not pushing an agenda, but allows the Scriptures to speak for themselves. This book was instrumental in my growth and reconsideration of the Law. If the Law were done away with and so """"graceless"""", why did they continue to live in accordance with it? This book helps answer that question and will lead you onto other works exploring the same idea.