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Impurity and Sin in Ancient Judaism

Klawans, Jonathan·2000
DOI 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195132908.001.0001
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Much has been written about ritual impurity in ancient Judaism, but the question of how the ancient Jews understood the relationship between defilement and sin has largely been ignored. This book offers a systematic exploration of the topic. The book takes the results of current research on the Hebrew Bible and applies them to early Jewish and Christian groups. The Bible, it shows, considers the moral impurity generated by sin to be entirely distinct from (but no less real than) the ritual impurity generated by bodily function such as menstruation. The book then traces the relationship between ritual and moral impurity from early Jewish sects through the New Testament and the theology of Saint Paul, and shows how Christian theology arrived at the point where the need for ritual purity was entirely rejected.

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Authors
Klawans, J.
Affiliations
Boston University (US)
Corresponding author
Klawans, Jonathan
ORCID
Klawans, Jonathan
Publisher
Oxford University PressNew York
Published
2000-11-16
DOI
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195132908.001.0001
OpenAlex
W624184781
Cited by
431
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95
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FWCI
44.67
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Karl Barth and Christian Theology
Keywords
ritual impurity, sin, ancient Judaism, Hebrew Bible, menstruation, New Testament, Pauline theology, Christian theology, ritual purity, physiological function

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