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

Author: Haber, Susan, 1957-2006
Published: Atlanta, GA : Society of Biblical Literature, [2008]
Copyright Date: ©2008
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 240 pages).
Additional Creators: Reinhartz, Adele, 1953-

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Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 24.

Language Note

English with some Hebrew.

Contents

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 Womanâ€?s Touch: Feminist Encounters with the Hemorrhaging Woman in Mark 5:24â€?34 and 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

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ISBN

9781589833746 (electronic bk.)
1589833740 (electronic bk.)
9781589833555 (paper binding ; alk. paper)
1589833554 (paper binding ; alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

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

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