Sacred scriptures defile the hands
This article takes up the paradoxical crux of sacred scriptures defiling hands and offers a solution based on tKelim, BM 5:8, which discusses the protection offered by the Temple courtyard against certain texts defiling hands. While just which texts enjoyed this protection depends on the interpretat...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2016]
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The journal of Jewish studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 67, Issue: 1, Pages: 46-67 |
| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Paradox
B Canon B Rabbinic Judaism B Jewish sects B Purity B Rabbis B Hand B Pharisees |