Perspectives on Purity and Purification in the Bible

by Schwartz, Baruch J.; Meshel, Naphtali S.; Stackert, Jeffrey; Wright, David F.

• ISBN13: 9780567028327
• ISBN10: 0567028321
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark

Summary

A collection of essays on purificaton and atonement in the Hebrew Bible that provides new insights into the discussion of these ideas by looking at the values of sociological and anthropological approaches to the topics. The collection also examines multi

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
List of Abbreviations	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
System
The Function of the Nazirite's Concluding Purification Offering	p. 9
Sin and Impurity: Atoned or Purified? Yes!	p. 18
Pure, Impure, Permitted, Prohibited: A Study of Classification Systems in P	p. 32
Dirt and Disgust: Body and Morality in Biblical Purity Laws	p. 43
Does the Priestly Purity Code Domesticate Women?	p. 65
Method
Blood as Purificant in Priestly Torah: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It?	p. 77
Methodology and Ideology in the Study of Priestly Ritual	p. 84
Pagans and Priests: Critical Reflections on Method	p. 96
Index of References	p. 111
Index of Authors	p. 116
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