'You Shall Be Clean'

Introduction 1
Recovering a crucial theme 1
The task of biblical theology 4
The language of defilement and cleansing 6
What to expect from this book 13
1 Defilement and cleansing in Leviticus and Numbers 17
Defilement and cleansing in Leviticus 18
Defilement and cleansing in Numbers 34
Summary 38
2 Conceptualizing defilement and cleansing 39
Clarifying concepts and terminology 40
Summary 52
3 Defilement and cleansing in the Pentateuch and Former
Prophets 55
The Pentateuch 56
The Former Prophets 68
Conclusion 78
4 Defilement and cleansing in the Latter Prophets 81
Isaiah 82
Jeremiah 89
Ezekiel 94
The Book of the Twelve 100
Excursus: defilement and cleansing of land 104
Conclusion 108
5 Defilement and cleansing in the Writings 109
Psalms 109
Proverbs and Job 113
Megilloth: The five Scrolls 117
Daniel 120
Ezra-Nehemiah 122
1 ? 2 Chronicles 126
Conclusion 130
6 Defilement and cleansing in Second Temple literature 131
Ritual purity in Second Temple literature 132
Moral purity in Second Temple literature 137
Gentile impurity, genealogical impurity and the question of
intermarriage 145
Conclusion 149
7 Defilement and cleansing in the Gospels and Acts 151
Mark 153
Matthew 163
John 166
Luke-Acts 173
Conclusion 179
8 Defilement and cleansing in the epistles 181
The Pauline epistles 182
The non-Pauline epistles 194
Conclusion 205
9 A biblical theology of defilement and cleansing 207
Toward a biblical theology of defilement and cleansing 208
Thinking about the incarnation 211
Thinking about (the) atonement 214
Thinking about global mission 216
Final words 219