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Purity and Holiness : (Record no. 11289)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789004421394
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International Standard Book Number 9789004114180
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Standard number or code 10.1163/9789004421394
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System control number (OCoLC)607468529
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Classification number BM702
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Subject category code HRC
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Subject category code REL
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Classification number 296.7
Edition information 23
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Purity and Holiness :
Remainder of title The Heritage of Leviticus /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Marcel Poorthuis, Joshua J. Schwartz.
246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE
Title proper/short title The Heritage of Leviticus
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Leiden;
-- Boston :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer BRILL,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2000.
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Carrier type term online resource
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490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series;
Volume/sequential designation 2
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Jewish and Christian Perspectives Online, ISBN: 9789004427556
505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Title Preliminary Material /
Statement of responsibility M.J.H.M. Poorthuis and J. Schwartz --
Title Purity and Holiness: an Introductory Survey /
Statement of responsibility Marcel Poorthuis and Joshua Schwartz --
Title The Dynamics of Purity in the Priestly System /
Statement of responsibility Jacob Milgrom --
Title Impurity of Land Animals /
Statement of responsibility Mary Douglas --
Title Israel’s Holiness: The Torah Traditions /
Statement of responsibility Baruch J. Schwartz --
Title “They saw that his forehead was leprous” (2 Chr 26:20) /
Statement of responsibility Pancratius C. Beentjes --
Title Jewish Purity Laws as Viewed by the Church Fathers and by the Early Followers of Jesus /
Statement of responsibility Peter J. Tomson --
Title Purity and Impurity of the Body in Luke-Acts /
Statement of responsibility Bart J. Koet --
Title Rudolph Otto Revisited: Numinosity Vis-à-Vis Rabbinic, Patristic and Gnostic Interpretations of Scripture /
Statement of responsibility Marcel Poorthuis --
Title Impurity between Intention and Deed: Purity Disputes in First Century Judaism and in the New Testament /
Statement of responsibility Eric Ottenheijm --
Title Reflections on Hand-Washing, Hand-Purity and Holy Scripture in Rabbinical Literature /
Statement of responsibility Chaim Milikowsky --
Title The Concept of Holiness and the Requirements of Purity in Second Temple and Tannaic Literature /
Statement of responsibility Cana Werman --
Title Leviticus 12–15 in Early Christianity /
Statement of responsibility Gerard Rouwhorst --
Title Sin and Illness in the Targum of the Prophets /
Statement of responsibility Alberdina Houtman --
Title On Birds, Rabbis and Skin Disease /
Statement of responsibility Joshua Schwartz --
Title Non-Priestly Purity and its Religious Aspects according to Historical Sources and Archaeological Findings /
Statement of responsibility Eyal Regev --
Title ‘Contagium’ and Images of Self in Late Sixth-Century Gaul /
Statement of responsibility Giselle de Nie --
Title Medieval Models of Purity and Sanctity: Ashkenazic Women in the Synagogue /
Statement of responsibility Jeffrey Robert Woolf --
Title “A Relic of Superstition”: Bodily Impurity and the Church from Gregory the Great to the Twelfth-Century Decretists /
Statement of responsibility Rob Meens --
Title Leviticus 12, Mary and Wax: Purification and Churching in Late Medieval Christianity /
Statement of responsibility Charles Caspers --
Title Reclaiming Ritual: A Gendered Approach to (Im)Purity /
Statement of responsibility Anne-Marie Korte --
Title The Pure Life of Grietje Schouten ( 1915–1947): Rereading Mary Douglas’s Natural Symbols /
Statement of responsibility Paul Post --
Title Index of Names and Subjects /
Statement of responsibility M.J.H.M. Poorthuis and J. Schwartz --
Title Index of Ancient Sources /
Statement of responsibility M.J.H.M. Poorthuis and J. Schwartz.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Purity has long been recognized as one of the essential drives which determines humankind's relationship with the holy. Codes of purity and impurity, dealing with such far-ranging topics as 'external stains' and 'inner remorse', represent the physical and 'bodily' side of religious experience and provide the key to the understanding of human orientation to nature, and the structure of society, including even relationships between the sexes. Starting with the Hebrew Bible, a number of articles study some rather neglected passages from both exegetical and cultural-anthropological standpoints. Next, it is shown that the concept of purity is far more central to the New Testament than previously thought. Luke is portrayed as a Jewish-oriented writer. The discussion of purity in Mark is compared with Rabbinical and Qumranic material. Patristic discussions of purity reflect both allegorical and literal interpretations, while rabbinical rulings display a fine sense for detail and realia. Biblical references to illness are interpreted both in Christian and Jewish traditions as a metaphor for immoral behavior. The present collection of studies proceeds far beyond other collections on purity, studying both the medieval and modern periods. Purity rules, in both Christian and Jewish society, do not disappear in the Middle Ages, but become increasingly stronger. Sometimes there appear unexpected and surprising similarities between both societies. Modern society sees a decline in the importance of purity, reflecting a growing ambiguous attitude to the relationship between the body and the holy. A feminist perspective is also provided, examining the intertwined relationship between religion, gender and power. Exegesis, archaeology, liturgy, anthropology and even architecture are all used to study the complex phenomena of purity in their religious and social dimensions from both Christian and Jewish perspectives.
588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE
Source of description note Description based on print version record.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Rabbinical literature.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Purity, Ritual
General subdivision Biblical teaching.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Poorthuis, Marcel,
Relator term editor.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Schwartz, Joshua J.,
Relator term editor.
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Relationship information Print version:
Title Purity and Holiness: The Heritage of Leviticus,
Place, publisher, and date of publication Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2000
Record control number 9789004114180
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series;
Volume/sequential designation 2.
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Jewish and Christian Perspectives Online, ISBN: 9789004427556.
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Public note DOI:
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004421394">http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004421394</a>

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