Purity and identity in ancient Judaism - From the temple to the Mishnah
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Translations and Editions -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: From Pharisees to Rabbis -- Part I: The Varieties of Purity -- 1. Biblical Foundations, New Conceptions -- 2. Exclusive Paths to Purity from Qumran to Jesus -- Part II: Comm...
| Summary: | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Translations and Editions -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: From Pharisees to Rabbis -- Part I: The Varieties of Purity -- 1. Biblical Foundations, New Conceptions -- 2. Exclusive Paths to Purity from Qumran to Jesus -- Part II: Communal Identities -- 3. The Purity of the Pharisees -- 4. Outsider Impurity and the Forms of Judean Sectarianism -- 5. Inclusion and Marginalization -- Part III: Tradition and Invention -- 6. Changing Social Contexts -- 7. The End of Purity -- Epilogue: The Rabbinic Movement within Shifting Religious Cultures -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Source Index -- About the Author. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0253067731 |