Purity, holiness, and identity in Judaism and Christianity
Subtitle: essays in memory of Susan Haber
By: edited by Carl S. Ehrlich, Anders Runesson and Eileen Schuller
Contributors: Haber, Susan, 1957-2006
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 305; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 305.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9783161525476
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Kult; Judaism; Holiness; Christentum; Reinheit; Religiöse Identität; Christianity; Antike; Judentum; Heiligkeit; History of doctrines; Ritual Purity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: A brief biography and appreciation / David C. Seed; title: Miqraʼ Qodesh and the structure of Leviticus 23 / Baruch J. Schwartz; title: Everyman's judgment cometh from the LORD: popular perception of the primary purpose of the cult / Eric Grossman; title: Purity matters in the Book of Chronicles: a kind of prolegomenon / Ehud Ben Zvi; title: Do you have to be pure in a metaphorical temple? : sanctuary metaphors and construction of sacred space in the Dead Sea scrolls and Paul's letters / Cecilia Wassen; title: Is nothing sacred? : holiness in the writings of Paul / Stephen Westerholm; title: The Temple cleansing and the death of Jesus / Adele Reinhartz; title: Jesus and the zavah: implications for interpreting Mark / Thomas Kazen; title: Purity, holiness, and the kingdom of heaven in Matthew's narrative world / Anders Runesson; title: Pollution and purification in Josephus's Judean war / Steve Mason; title: "The days seemed like years": Thessalos prepares to encounter the god Asklepios / Philip A. Harland; title: The impact of social and economic status on the experience of martyrdom: a case study of Perpetua and Felicitas / Lily Vuong; title: Is holiness contagious? / Martin I. Lockshin; title: Sanctification and shame: Bialik's In the city of slaughter in light of Leviticus and Ezekiel / Yedida Eisenstat; title: Biblical texts about purity in contemporary Christian lectionaries / Eileen Schuller.