Pollution in the Bible and in Cognitive Science: A Review of Recent Works by Thomas Kazen and Yitzhaq Feder

This essay constitutes a thematic review of two recent publications that utilize cognitive science to illuminate biblical concepts of pollution and purity. The review, adapted and expanded from James W. Watts, Leviticus 11–20 (HCOT; Leuven: Peeters, 2023), 31–34, sets these works in the broader cont...

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Main Author: Watts, James W. 1960- (Author)
Contributors: Kazen, Thomas 1960- (Bibliographic antecedent) ; Feder, Yitzhaq 1977- (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2023, Volume: 73, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 793-798
Review of:Impurity and purification in early Judaism and the Jesus tradition (Atlanta : SBL Press, 2021) (Watts, James W.)
Impurity and Purification in Early Judaism and the Jesus Tradition (Atlanta : SBL Press, Society of Biblical Literature, 2021) (Watts, James W.)
Purity and pollution in the Hebrew Bible (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022) (Watts, James W.)
Purity and pollution in the Hebrew Bible (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022) (Watts, James W.)
Purity and pollution in the Hebrew Bible (New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021) (Watts, James W.)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Cognitive science / Purity / Pollution / Metaphor / Bible. Levitikus 11,2-20
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
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Summary:This essay constitutes a thematic review of two recent publications that utilize cognitive science to illuminate biblical concepts of pollution and purity. The review, adapted and expanded from James W. Watts, Leviticus 11–20 (HCOT; Leuven: Peeters, 2023), 31–34, sets these works in the broader context of each author’s work and juxtaposes their insights with other major publications on purity and pollution in the Bible.
ISSN:1568-5330
Contains:Enthalten in: Vetus Testamentum
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685330-00001158