02212nam 2200505 a 450 991046159520332120200520144314.01-283-12219-797866131221930-567-37690-7(CKB)2670000000092783(EBL)711050(OCoLC)727649557(MiAaPQ)EBC711050(Au-PeEL)EBL711050(CaPaEBR)ebr10472163(CaONFJC)MIL312219(EXLCZ)99267000000009278320050505d2004 fy 0engur|n|---|||||The purity texts[electronic resource] /Hannah K. HarringtonLondon ;New York T & T Clark Internationalc20041 online resource (175 p.)Companion to the Qumran scrolls ;5Description based upon print version of record.0-567-04529-3 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.pt. 1. The concept of purity at Qumran -- pt. 2. The impurities.Purity Texts is a handbook that gathers the data of the Dead Sea Scrolls on ritual purity and analyzes it systematically as part of a coherent ideology. After a general introduction and an examination of individual texts for the contribution of each to the subject of purity, the book devotes a chapter to each of the impurities discussed in the Scrolls: death, leprosy, bodily discharges and outsiders. In each of these chapters, emphasis is placed on the large amount of congruence of the Qumran texts with each other on the subject of purity and the similarities and differences between the QumranCompanion to the Qumran scrolls ;5.Purity, RitualJudaismRabbinical literatureHistory and criticismElectronic books.Purity, RitualJudaism.Rabbinical literatureHistory and criticism.296.1/55Harrington Hannah K977112MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461595203321The purity texts2225890UNINA