Simon Peter Meets Simon the Tanner: The Ritual Insignificance of Tanning in Ancient Judaism
Many New Testament exegetes have taken the reference in Acts 9.43 to Peter's stay at Simon the Tanner's house as proof that purity laws are no longer relevant for the author of Acts, since tanning conveys ritual impurity. These interpreters have relied primarily on rabbinic passages to mak...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2013
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New Testament studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 50-60 |
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B Luke–Acts B ritual purity B Rabbinic Literature B tanning |
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