Josephus’s Seven Purities and the Mishnah’s Ten Holinesses
This paper compares two descriptions of the Jewish hierarchy of holiness in relation to the Jerusalem temple: one from Josephus’s Jewish War, books 1 and 5, where the relevant hierarchy is referred to as the seven purities, and the other, in Mishnah Kelim 1:6-9, titled (the) ten holinesses. After an...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Journal for the study of Judaism
Year: 2016, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 183-211 |
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Mishnah
Kelim
holiness hierarchy
exclusion from Temple
halakah
Josephus
Jewish War
ritual impurity
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