Purity in Ancient Judaism
Texts, Contexts, and Concepts
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Reinheit ist im antiken Judentum zentral, in der Begegnung mit dem Heiligen, etwa am Jerusalemer Tempel, aber auch in der Gemeinschaft von Qumran. Doch auch in der Diaspora war Reinheit von Bedeutung. Dieser Band bietet neueste Forschungen zu Texten, materiellen Befunden und Konzepten.
Purity plays a central role in ancient Judaism. It is relevant in the encounter with the sacred, especially at the Jerusalem Temple, but also in the context of sacred communities, for example the Qumran yahad . Ancients Jews, however, also strove for purity far away from the Temple, both in the land of Israel remote from Jerusalem and in the Diaspora. Yet, means, procedures, and conceptualizations in relation to purity and purification varied. While purity therefore seems to be "everywhere" in ancient Judaism, it is not everywhere the same. The present volume explores different texts and material evidence in relation to purity, impurity, and purification, from both the historic land of Israel and the Diaspora. It adduces comparative evidence from Greece, probes and refines concepts of moral and ritual (im)purity, and traces the relevance of purity debates in nascent Christianity.
Purity plays a central role in ancient Judaism. It is relevant in the encounter with the sacred, especially at the Jerusalem Temple, but also in the context of sacred communities, for example the Qumran yahad . Ancients Jews, however, also strove for purity far away from the Temple, both in the land of Israel remote from Jerusalem and in the Diaspora. Yet, means, procedures, and conceptualizations in relation to purity and purification varied. While purity therefore seems to be "everywhere" in ancient Judaism, it is not everywhere the same. The present volume explores different texts and material evidence in relation to purity, impurity, and purification, from both the historic land of Israel and the Diaspora. It adduces comparative evidence from Greece, probes and refines concepts of moral and ritual (im)purity, and traces the relevance of purity debates in nascent Christianity.
Born 1966; 1998 Dr. theol.; 2013 habil.; 2004-09 Lecturer in New Testament, King's College London; 2009-14 Reader in New Testament and Ancient Judaism, Durham University; Professor of New Testament and Ancient Judaism and Director of the Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum at the University of Münster, Germany.
Born 1962; 1996 doctorate; 1998 habilitation; 2024 Dr. h. c.; Professor of New Testament at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of the University of Zurich; Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.03.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament |
| Verlagsort | Tübingen |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 164 x 237 mm |
| Gewicht | 788 g |
| Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare |
| Schlagworte | gradual purification • Impurity • miqveh • moral impurity • Ritual Bath • ritual impurity |
| ISBN-10 | 3-16-159329-4 / 3161593294 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-16-159329-1 / 9783161593291 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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Buch | Softcover (2021)
De Gruyter (Verlag)
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