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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haber, Susan, 1957-2006.

Contributor:

Reinhartz, Adele, 1953-

Series:

Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 24.

Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Purity, Ritual--Judaism--History of doctrines.

Purity, Ritual.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Intro

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 Woman's Touch: Feminist Encounters with the Hemorrhaging Woman in Mark 5:24-34

7: From Priestly Torah to Christ Cultus:The Re-Vision of Covenant and Cult in Hebrews

Part 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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

ISBN:

1-58983-374-0

OCLC:

323304487