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Purity and identity in Ancient Judaism : from the temple to the Mishnah / Yair Furstenberg ; translated by Sara Tova Brody.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Furstenberg, Yair, author.
- Series:
- Olamot Series in the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Standardized Title:
- Ṭohorah u-ḳehilah ba-ʻet ha-ʻatiḳah. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dead Sea scrolls--Relation to the Old Testament.
- Dead Sea scrolls.
- Mishnah--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Mishnah.
- Purity, Ritual--Judaism--History of doctrines.
- Purity, Ritual.
- Jews--Identity--History--To 1500.
- Jews.
- Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
- Rabbinical literature.
- Pharisees.
- Jewish law--History of doctrines.
- Jewish law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 263 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2023]
- Contents:
- Cover
- 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: Purity after 70 CE
- 7. The End of Purity
- Epilogue: The Rabbinic Movement within Shifting Religious Cultures
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Source Index
- About the Author
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 20, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Furstenberg, Yair Purity and Identity in Ancient Judaism
- ISBN:
- 9780253067739
- 0253067731
- 9780253067746
- 025306774X
- Publisher Number:
- 40031927700
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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