Perspectives on purity and purification in the Bible. ([2008])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Baruch J. Schwartz, David P. Wright, Jeffrey Stackert, and Naphtali S. Meshel.
• Editors: Schwartz, Baruch J; Wright, David P (David Pearson), 1953-; Stackert, Jeffrey; Meshel, Naphtali S
• Contents: The function of the Nazirite's concluding purification offering / Roy E. Gane -- Sin and impurity : atoned or purified? yes! / Jay Sklar -- Pure, impure, permitted, prohibited : a study of classification systems in P / Naphtali S. Meshel -- Dirt and disgust : body and morality in Biblical purity laws / Thomas Kazen -- Does the priestly purity code domesticate women? / David Tabb Stewart -- Blood as purificant in priestly Torah : what do we know and how do we know it? / William K. Gilders -- Methodology and ideology in the study of priestly ritual / Jonathan Klawans -- Pagans and priests : critical reflections on method / Frank H. Gorman.
• Publisher Details: New York : T & T Clark
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 118 pages)
• Subjects: 296.3/2; Purity, Ritual -- Biblical teaching; Atonement -- Biblical teaching; Cohanim; Purity, Ritual -- Judaism; Sacrifice -- Judaism; Atonement -- Biblical teaching; Cohanim; Purity, Ritual -- Biblical teaching; Purity, Ritual -- Judaism; Sacrifice -- Judaism; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567447111; 0567447111
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based upon print version of record.
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