Purity, sacrifice, and the temple : symbolism and supersessionism in the study of ancient Judaism / Jonathan Klawans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klawans, Jonathan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sacrifice--Biblical teaching.

Sacrifice.

Purity, Ritual--Biblical teaching.

Purity, Ritual.

Temple of God.

Sacrifice--Judaism--History of doctrines.

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

Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxfprd ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jonathan Klawans examines the relationship between purity and sacrifice in ancient Judaism, asserting that purification and sacrifice are inter-related and arguing that, like purity sacrifice ought not to be dismissed as a curious and repulsive behaviour.

Contents:

Sacrifice and purity

The twisted fortunes of related ritual structures

The sacrificial process of ancient Israel

Rethinking the prophetic critique

Temple as cosmos or temple in the cosmos

Priests, purity, sacrifice, and angels

Sinful people, impure priests, and inadequate structures

The temple as defiled and rejected

The purity of the Second Temple in Rabbinic literature

The Last Supper, the temple incident, and the "spiritualization" of scarifice in the New Testament.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-350) and indexes.

ISBN:

0-19-988309-2

0-19-539584-0

9786610838134

1-4294-3832-0

1-280-83813-2

0-19-803683-3

OCLC:

79819488