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Purity and the forming of religious traditions in the ancient Mediterranean world and ancient Judaism / edited by Christian Frevel and Christophe Nihan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Dynamics in the history of religion ; v. 3.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (601 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004232297
  • 900423229X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Purity and the forming of religious traditions in the ancient Mediterranean world and ancient Judaism.LOC classification:
  • BL600 .P87 2013eb
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Contents:
Purity in ancient Mesopotamia : the Paleo-Babylonian and Neo-Assyrian periods / Michaël Guichard and Lionel Marti -- Conceptions of purity in Egyptian religion / Joachim Friedrich Quack -- Concepts of purity in Anatolian religions / Manfred Hutter -- Aspects of purity in the Phoenician world / Hans-Peter Mathys -- Purity and pollution in ancient Zoroastrianism / Albert F. de Jong -- The concept of purity in Greek sacred laws / Noel Robertson -- Concepts of purity in ancient Greece, with particular emphasis on sacred sites / Linda-Marie Günther -- Greek and comparatist reflexions on food prohibitions / Philippe Borgeaud -- Sacral purity and social order in ancient Rome / Bernhard Linke -- Forms and functions of purity in Leviticus / Christophe Nihan -- Purity conceptions in the book of Numbers in context / Christian Frevel -- Purity conceptions in Deuteronomy / Udo Rüterswörden -- The system of holiness in Ezekiel's vision of the new temple (Ezek 40-48) / Michael Konkel -- The relevance of purity in Second Temple Judaism according to Ezra-Nehemiah / Benedikt Rausche -- Purity concepts in Jewish traditions of the Hellenistic period / Beate Ego -- The evolution of purity at Qumran / Ian Werrett -- Purity conceptions in the Dead Sea scrolls : "ritual-physical" and "moral" purity in a diachronic perspective / Gudrun Holtz -- Pure stone : archaeological evidence for Jewish purity practices in late Second Temple Judaism (miqwaʼot and stone vessels) / Jürgen K. Zangenberg.
Summary: "Focusing on concepts, practices and images associated with purity in the ancient Mediterranean, this volume contributes new aspects to the current discussion about the forming of religious traditions, from a comparative perspective that acknowldges individual developments, mutual exchanges, as well as transcultural processes"--Provided by publisher.
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"Focusing on concepts, practices and images associated with purity in the ancient Mediterranean, this volume contributes new aspects to the current discussion about the forming of religious traditions, from a comparative perspective that acknowldges individual developments, mutual exchanges, as well as transcultural processes"--Provided by publisher.

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Purity in ancient Mesopotamia : the Paleo-Babylonian and Neo-Assyrian periods / Michaël Guichard and Lionel Marti -- Conceptions of purity in Egyptian religion / Joachim Friedrich Quack -- Concepts of purity in Anatolian religions / Manfred Hutter -- Aspects of purity in the Phoenician world / Hans-Peter Mathys -- Purity and pollution in ancient Zoroastrianism / Albert F. de Jong -- The concept of purity in Greek sacred laws / Noel Robertson -- Concepts of purity in ancient Greece, with particular emphasis on sacred sites / Linda-Marie Günther -- Greek and comparatist reflexions on food prohibitions / Philippe Borgeaud -- Sacral purity and social order in ancient Rome / Bernhard Linke -- Forms and functions of purity in Leviticus / Christophe Nihan -- Purity conceptions in the book of Numbers in context / Christian Frevel -- Purity conceptions in Deuteronomy / Udo Rüterswörden -- The system of holiness in Ezekiel's vision of the new temple (Ezek 40-48) / Michael Konkel -- The relevance of purity in Second Temple Judaism according to Ezra-Nehemiah / Benedikt Rausche -- Purity concepts in Jewish traditions of the Hellenistic period / Beate Ego -- The evolution of purity at Qumran / Ian Werrett -- Purity conceptions in the Dead Sea scrolls : "ritual-physical" and "moral" purity in a diachronic perspective / Gudrun Holtz -- Pure stone : archaeological evidence for Jewish purity practices in late Second Temple Judaism (miqwaʼot and stone vessels) / Jürgen K. Zangenberg.

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