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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Main Author: Oliver, Isaac W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2013
In: New Testament studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 50-60
Further subjects:B tanners
B Luke–Acts
B ritual purity
B Rabbinic Literature
B tanning
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