Related Books

Impurity and Sin in Ancient Judaism
Language: en
Pages: 262
Authors: Jonathan Klawans
Categories: Bibles
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Jonathan Klawans shows how the link between moral impurity and physical defilement, as understood by the ancient Hebrews, can be followed through to St Paul and
Purity, Sacrifice, and the Temple
Language: en
Pages: 385
Authors: Jonathan Klawans
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-05 - Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Ancient Jewish sacrifice has long been misunderstood. Some find in sacrifice the key to the mysterious and violent origins of human culture. Others see these cu
Impurity and Gender in the Hebrew Bible
Language: en
Pages: 148
Authors: Elizabeth W. Goldstein
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09-17 - Publisher: Lexington Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Impurity and Gender in the Hebrew Bible explores the role of female blood in the Hebrew Bible and considers its theological implications for future understandin
Josephus and the Theologies of Ancient Judaism
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: Jonathan Klawans
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-10 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Though considered one of the most important informants about Judaism in the first century CE, the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus's testimony is often overloo
Purity and Danger
Language: en
Pages: 202
Authors: Professor Mary Douglas
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-17 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Purity and Danger is acknowledged as a modern masterpiece of anthropology. It is widely cited in non-anthropological works and gave rise to a body of applicatio