"They shall purify themselves" : essays on purity in early Judaism /

Haber, Susan, 1957-2006.

"They shall purify themselves" : essays on purity in early Judaism / Susan Haber ; edited by Adele Reinhartz. - Atlanta, GA : Society of Biblical Literature, ©2008. - 1 online resource (x, 240 pages) - Society of Biblical Literature. Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 24 . - Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 24. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-222) and indexes.

Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction and Acknowledgments -- Part I: Bibliographic Studies -- 1: Ritual and Moral Purity and Impurity in the Hebrew Bible -- 2: Ritual and Moral Purity and Impurity in Second Temple Judaism -- 3: Ritual and Moral Impurity in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Part II: Literary Studies -- 4: Living and Dying for the Law: The Mother-Martyrs of 2 Maccabees -- 5: Metaphor and Meaning in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- 6: A Woman�s Touch: Feminist Encounters with the Hemorrhaging Woman in Mark 5:24�34 7: From Priestly Torah to Christ Cultus:The Re-Vision of Covenant and Cult in HebrewsPart III: Historical Studies -- 8: Common Judaism, Common Synagogue? Purity, Holiness, and Sacred Space at the Turn of the Common Era -- 9: Going Up to Jerusalem: Purity, Pilgrimage, and the Historical Jesus -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors -- Subject Index


English with some Hebrew.

9781589833746 (electronic bk.) 1589833740 (electronic bk.) (paper binding ; alk. paper) (paper binding ; alk. paper)


Purity, Ritual--Judaism--History of doctrines.
Purity (Ethics)
Worship (Judaism)
Judaism--Liturgy.
Pureté rituelle--Judaïsme--Histoire des doctrines.
Pureté (Morale)
Cultes juifs.
Judaïsme--Liturgie.
RELIGION--Judaism--Rituals & Practice.
Judaism--Liturgy.
Purity (Ethics)
Purity, Ritual--Judaism--History of doctrines.
Worship (Judaism)
Reinheid.
Synagogen.
Sekseverschillen.


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