Law

sheria is the standard Union Version term for the Mosaic Law/Torah and the ordinary word for civil law. Note: sheria shares an etymological root with ‘Sharia’ (Islamic religious law), so for readers with strong Islamic exposure the term may evoke a comprehensive divinely-revealed legal-religious system in a way that usefully parallels Paul’s argument about the Law’s demands, provided the curriculum still distinguishes the Mosaic Law’s specific redemptive-historical role from a Sharia-style total life-code.