
The Purity Texts
Hannah Harrington(Author)
T.& T.Clark Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 14. December 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
162 pages
978-0-567-04529-4 (ISBN)
Description
"Purity Texts" is a handbook that gathers the data of the Dead Sea Scrolls on ritual purity and analyzes it systematically as part of a coherent ideology. After a general introduction and an examination of individual texts for the contribution of each to the subject of purity, the book devotes a chapter to each of the impurities discussed in the Scrolls: death, leprosy, bodily discharges and outsiders. In each of these chapters, emphasis is placed on the large amount of congruence of the Qumran texts with each other on the subject of purity and the similarities and differences between the Qumran texts and other sources of ancient Judaism. The contributors to the "Companion to the Qumran Scrolls" series take account of all relevant and recently published texts and provide extensive bibliographies. The books in the series are authoritatively written in accessible language and are ideal for students and non-specialist scholars.
Reviews / Votes
"'Dr Hannah Harrington, a talented exponent of the Milgrom school of fundamental research into biblical ritual, presents a most lucid exposition of the intricacies of Qumran and rabbinic purity laws. In the Second Temple period these laws emerged for a time as a pivotal expression of religious piety.' Joseph M Baumgarten, Professor Emeritus, Baltimore Hebrew University"More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Academics, Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
278 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-567-04529-4 (9780567045294)
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The Purity Texts
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Hannah Harrington
The Purity Texts
E-Book
12/2006
1st Edition
T.& T.Clark Ltd
€44.49
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Person
Hannah Harrington is Professor of Old Testament at Patten University in Oakland, CA. She is the author of Impurity Systems of Qumran and the Rabbis (1993) and Holiness: Rabbinic Judaism and the Graeco-Roman World (2001).
Content
Part One: Purity at Qumran; Introduction; Sources; Part Two: Ritual Impurities; Death; Leprosy; Bodily Discharges; Outsiders.