Ritual and morality: the ritual purity system and its place in Judaism

The book describes in detail the ritual purity system of the Hebrew Bible, and its development into the system of the rabbis. Certain human conditions require purification before contact is made with holy foods or areas. Recent scholarly theories (Milgrom, Neusner, Douglas) are discussed, and new th...

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Autres titres:Ritual & Morality
Auteur principal: Maccoby, Hyam 1924-2004 (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1999.
Dans:Année: 1999
Recensions:Rethinking Leviticus and rereading purity and danger (2003) (Klawans, Jonathan)
REVIEWS (2001) (Grabbe, Lester L.)
Ritual and Morality: The Ritual Purity System and its Place in Judaism (review) (2002) (Hayes, Christine)
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Judaïsme / Rite / Pureté
B Pureté rituelle / Judaïsme
Sujets non-standardisés:B Bible. Leviticus Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Rabbinical literature History and criticism
B Bible
B Purity, Ritual Biblical teaching
B Purity, Ritual ; Biblical teaching
B Rabbinical literature ; History and criticism
B Bible ; Leviticus ; Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Purity, Ritual Judaism History of doctrines
B Purity, Ritual ; Judaism ; History of doctrines
Accès en ligne: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
Print version: 9780521495400
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Résumé:The book describes in detail the ritual purity system of the Hebrew Bible, and its development into the system of the rabbis. Certain human conditions require purification before contact is made with holy foods or areas. Recent scholarly theories (Milgrom, Neusner, Douglas) are discussed, and new theories are proposed for the origin of the Red Cow and Scapegoat rites. It is argued that the impurities concerned all derive from the human cycle of generation, birth and death, from which the Sanctuary is to be guarded; not because it needs protection from demonic powers (as in other ancient purity systems), but because of the reverence due to the divine presence. While the priestly code of holiness displays traces of earlier conceptions, its ritual has lost urgent salvific force, and has become a protocol for the Temple and a dedicatory code for a priestly people; the sources distinguish it from universal morality.
1. The sources of impurity: the human corpse -- 2. The corpse in the tent: an excursus -- 3. The sources of impurity: menstruation -- 4. The sources of impurity: childbirth: the zabah and zab -- 5. Normal emission of semen -- 6. Animals and purity -- 7. Impurity and sacrifices -- 8. The Red Cow: the paradoxes -- 9. The Red Cow and niddah -- 10. Leprosy -- 11. The purification of the leper -- 12. Corpse and leper: an excursus -- 13. Ritual purity in the New Testament -- 14. Milgrom on purity in the Bible -- 15. From demons to ethics -- 16. Ritual purity and morality -- App. A. The haberim -- App. B. The rabbinic system of grades of impurity
Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
ISBN:0511582706
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511582707