Purity and the forming of religious traditions in the ancient Mediterranean world and ancient Judaism /

Purity and the forming of religious traditions in the ancient Mediterranean world and ancient Judaism /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Frevel, Christian, 1962-, Nihan, Christophe, 1972-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Series:Dynamics in the history of religion ; v. 3.
Subjects:
Rites and ceremonies.
Purity, Ritual.
Purity, Ritual > Judaism.
Archaeology and religion.
RELIGION > Reference.
Religion.
RELIGION / History
Mediterranean Region > Religion.
Mediterranean Region.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.