Perspectives on purity and purification in the Bible
By: edited by Baruch J. Schwartz ... [et al.].
Contributors: Schwartz, Baruch J.
Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies -- 474; T & T Clark library of biblical studies
Publisher: T & T Clark
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9780567028327
Subjects: Purity, Ritual -- Judaism; Cohanim; Sacrifice -- Judaism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The function of the Nazirite's concluding purification offering / Roy E. Gane; title: Sin and impurity : atoned or purified? yes! / Jay Sklar; title: Pure, impure, permitted, prohibited : a study of classification systems in P / Naphtali S. Meshel; title: Dirt and disgust : body and morality in Biblical purity laws / Thomas Kazen; title: Does the priestly purity code domesticate women? / David Tabb Stewart; title: Blood as purificant in priestly Torah : what do we know and how do we know it? / William K. Gilders; title: Methodology and ideology in the study of priestly ritual / Jonathan Klawans; title: Pagans and priests : critical reflections on method / Frank H. Gorman.