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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809026403321

Autore

Haber Susan <1957-2006.>

Titolo

"They shall purify themselves" : essays on purity in early Judaism / / Susan Haber ; edited by Adele Reinhartz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Atlanta, : Society of Biblical Literature, c2008

ISBN

1-58983-374-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Collana

Early Judaism and its literature ; ; no. 24

Classificazione

11.23

Altri autori (Persone)

ReinhartzAdele <1953->

Disciplina

296.4/9

Soggetti

Purity, Ritual - Judaism - History of doctrines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- 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 Hebrews -- Part 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.