Ritual and morality: the ritual purity system and its place in Judaism
The book describes in detail the ritual purity system of the Hebrew Bible, and its development into the system of the rabbis. Certain human conditions require purification before contact is made with holy foods or areas. Recent scholarly theories (Milgrom, Neusner, Douglas) are discussed, and new th...
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Bibliographic Details
| Subtitles: | Ritual & Morality |
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| Main Author: |
Maccoby, Hyam 1924-2004
(Author)
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| Format: | Electronic
Book
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| Language: | English |
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| Subito Delivery Service: | Order now. |
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| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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| Published: |
Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1999.
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| In: | Year: 1999 |
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| Reviews: | Rethinking Leviticus and rereading purity and danger (2003) (Klawans, Jonathan)
REVIEWS (2001) (Grabbe, Lester L.)
Ritual and Morality: The Ritual Purity System and its Place in Judaism (review) (2002) (Hayes, Christine)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judaism
/ Ritual
/ Purity
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Cultic purity
/ Judaism
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| Further subjects: | B
Bible. Leviticus
Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Rabbinical literature
History and criticism
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Bible
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Purity, Ritual
Biblical teaching
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Purity, Ritual ; Biblical teaching
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Rabbinical literature ; History and criticism
B
Bible ; Leviticus ; Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Purity, Ritual
Judaism
History of doctrines
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Purity, Ritual ; Judaism ; History of doctrines
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| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9780521495400
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