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Impurity and Purification in Early Judaism and the Jesus Tradition.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kazen, Thomas.
- Series:
- Resources for Biblical Study
- Resources for Biblical Study ; v.98
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Purity, Ritual--Judaism.
- Purity, Ritual.
- Purity, Ritual--Christianity.
- Social values--Public opinion.
- Social values.
- Jews--Attitudes.
- Jews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- : Society of Biblical Literature, 2021.
- Summary:
- "This collection of [twelve] essays by Thomas Kazen focuses on issues of purity and purification in early Judaism and the Jesus tradition. During the late Second Temple period, Jewish purity practices became more prominent than before and underwent substantial developments. These essays advance the ongoing conversation and debate about a number of key issues in the field, such as the relationship between ritual and morality, the role and function of metaphor, and the use of evolutionary and embodied perspectives. Kazen's research stands in constant dialogue with the major currents and main figures in purity research, including historical (origin, development, practice) and cognitive (evolutionary, emotional, conceptual) approaches."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Credits
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Purity and Impurity
- 3. Levels of Explanation for Ideas of Impurity
- 4. Purity and Persia
- 5. The Role of Disgust in Priestly Purity Law
- 6. Disgust in Body, Mind, and Language
- 7. Purification
- 8. Concern, Custom, and Common Sense
- 9. Jesus and the Zābâ
- 10. Skin-Disease Contamination and Exclusion
- 11. Purity as Popular Practice
- 12. A Perhaps Less Halakic Jesus and Purity
- Bibliography
- Ancient Sources Index
- Modern Authors Index
- Subject Index Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9780884145325
- 0884145328
- OCLC:
- 1276861641
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