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

Körperschaft: ebrary, Inc
Weitere Verfasser: Frevel, Christian, 1962- , [HerausgeberIn]
Nihan, Christophe, 1972- , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: 2013
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (xv, 601 pages) : illustrations, map.
Schriftenreihe: Dynamics in the history of religion ; 3.
ISBN: 9789004232297
ISSN: 1878-8106 ;
Schlagworte:
Parallelausgabe: Purity and the forming of religious traditions in the ancient Mediterranean world and ancient Judaism. (Print version:) | ISSN: 9789004232105
Online-Zugang: open access
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction / Christian Frevel and Christophe Nihan
  • 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 (Miqwa’ot and Stone Vessels) / Jürgen K. Zangenberg
  • Index of Modern Authors
  • Index of Sources
  • Index of Subjects and Terms.