Law beyond Israel : from the Bible to the Qur'an / Holger M. Zellentin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Texts, Transcriptions, Transliterations, Translations, and Abbreviations -- Map of Arabia in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries ce -- _Law for Jews and Law for Gentiles -- Law as Literature -- Ten Propositions on Gentile Law -- From the Bible to the Qur'an -- The Bible -- Late Antiquity -- The Qur'an, Arabian Epigraphy, and the Islamic Tradition -- Chapter Overview -- Chapter 1. Blood and Demons_ Genesis 9 and Leviticus 17 to Q 6 Sūrat al-Anʿām 145-6 and Q 5 Sūrat al-Māʼida 3.

Chapter 2. Sex as Crime: Leviticus 18:19-26 to Qur'anic fāḥisha/faḥshāʼ (Sexual Transgression) and zinā (Fornication) -- Chapter 3. The Poetics of Incest Law: Leviticus 18:6-18 to Q 4 Sūrat al-Nisāʼ 22-23 -- Chapter 4. Purity and Punishment in the Qur'an -- An Outlook -- 1. Blood and Demons: Genesis 9 and Leviticus 17 to Q 6 Sūrat al-Anʿām 145-6 and Q 5 Sūrat al-Māʼida 3 -- Purity and Food from the Noahide Covenant to the Holiness School -- Blood and Carrion before and after the Destruction of the Second Temple -- Pure Food for Gentiles throughout Late Antiquity

Pure Food for Gentiles-or Ishmaelites-in the Qur'an -- 2. Sex as Crime: Leviticus 18:19-26 to Qur'anic fāḥisha/faḥshāʼ (Sexual Transgression) and zinā (Fornication) -- Sexual Purity Regulations from the Noahide Covenant to the Holiness School -- Illicit Sexual Relations in the First and Second Centuries CE -- Appreciative Attitudes towards Sexual Purity -- The Expansive Attitude towards Sexual Purity -- Sexual Purity Regulations in the Meccan Qur'an -- Sexual Purity in the Medinan Qur'an -- 3. The Poetics of Incest Law: Leviticus 18:6-18 to Q 4 Sūrat al-Nisāʼ 22-23

Consanguinity, Affinity, and Exemptions: Major Trends in Christian Marriage Law -- The Bible's List of Prohibited Relationships -- The Qur'an's List of Prohibited Relations -- A Legal and Literary Comparison of the Qur'an and the Bible -- The Qur'an's Reiteration of Biblical Law in Light of Late Antique Legal Culture -- 4. Purity and Punishment in the Qur'an -- Purity and Holiness -- From the Holy Land's Defilement to Corruption in the Land -- Punishment -- An Outlook -- Works Quoted -- Index

The Hebrew Bible formulates two sets of law: one for Israelites and one for gentiles living in the Holy Land. 'Law Beyond Israel' argues that the laws for non-Israelites form the historical basis of qur'anic law, pointing to legal continuity from the Hebrew Bible to the New Testament and from late antique Christianity to nascent Islam.