Mosaic Law

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The Pharisees ask Jesus whether the woman should be released or killed, hoping to force him to choose between honoring Mosaic Law and his teachings of forgiveness.

From Newsweek

Mr. Henson relegates it to a footnote, and there he declares "once for all, that the Mosaic Law has nothing to do with the question."

From Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)

The Mosaic Law forbids the Jews eating pork, but it places no ban or bar on their dealing in it.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen by Hubbard, Elbert

Orthodox Judaism, then, accepted as a fundamental doctrine the view that both the Mosaic Law and its Rabbinical interpretation were given by God to Moses on Mt.

From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann

It was a superstitious fear that held his frightfulness in check—a presentiment based upon the Mosaic Law, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Hodgson, Edward S.