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Philonomy: Love of the Law

A Hermeneutic for General Equity

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Front Matter

00Introduction: Toward a Philonomic HermeneuticWhy a hermeneutic for general equity, and what philonomy asks of the reader.Complete

01Justice for an Unregenerate Society, Not a Regenerate OneThe Mosaic law was given to restrain sinners, not to presuppose saints.Complete
02The Default of FreedomLaw establishes finite boundaries around infinite liberty; the field is vast, the fence is narrow.Complete
03Clearing the Ground: What Philonomy Is Not Mainly Concerned WithSetting aside the questions philonomy does not need to settle.Complete
04General Equity as ExpositionCase laws as worked examples expounding the Decalogue.Revising

05The Philonomic MethodA seven-step process for identifying general equity in Mosaic law.Revising
06Deuteronomy 25:4 as the Litmus Test of a Philonomic HermeneuticMuzzling the ox: the test case that shows the method working.Complete
07The Hermeneutic of Bethlehem: How Naomi and Boaz Read the LawRuth as a narrative demonstration of faithful legal reasoning.Revising

08The Myth of NeutralityThere is no neutral ground between the City of God and the City of Man.Complete
09Second Table General Equity: Love of Neighbor in Civil LawWhat love of neighbor requires of civil justice.Complete
10The Role of the First TableHow the first table bears on public life without establishing a theocracy.Complete
11Kings Are Not Priests: Authority, Limits, and the Sin of UzziahThe separation of civil and ecclesiastical office.Complete
12Beyond Politics: The Law in Every SpherePhilonomy applied to family, vocation, church, and personal life.Complete

13Conclusion: Walking in the Old PathsWhere the argument has come, and what it asks of the reader.Complete