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nomism

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nomism [ˈnəʊmɪzəm]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) adherence to a law or laws as a primary exercise of religion
[from Greek nomos law, custom]
nomistic  adj

nomism
the practice of religious legalism, especially the basing of standards of good actions upon the moral law.
See also: Law


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The ethical teaching of Jesus is thereby transformed into an inflexible nomism.
Illustrating the former is an acute interest in the category, covenantal nomism, of recent descriptions of Rabbinic Judaism (or of "Judaism" seen as a single religion despite the multiplicity of Judaisms that stand behind the diverse bodies of evidence
Sanders, Dunn, and Wright), but he believes their view of the Jewish law as covenantal nomism doesn't quite allow covenant to be defined in terms of the Exodus rather than boundary markers, such as circumcision, Sabbath observance, and kosher food (pp.
 
 
 
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