Purity and Identity in Ancient Judaism From the Temple to the Mishnah by Yair Fu

Description: Purity and Identity in Ancient Judaism From the Temple to the Mishnah by Yair Furstenberg, Sara Tova Brody The concern for purity was the cornerstone of the religious culture of ancient Judaism. Purity and Identity in Ancient Judaism explores how this concern shaped the worldview of Jews during the Second Temple period as well as their daily practices and social relations. It examines how different groups offered competing visions and methods for living a life of purity, which embodied a promise for personal and cosmic salvation and at the same time determined the degree of sectarian separation.Purity and Identity in Ancient Judaism offers a comprehensive description of the world of purity among the Jews of the Second Temple period in general and within the tradition of the Pharisees in particular. Yair Furstenberg explores the language of purity that provided Jews in antiquity a powerful tool for organizing legal, social, and ideological boundaries, and its study is therefore pertinent for understanding the powers that shaped the varieties of Second Temple Judaism and their later offshoots: Early Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism. Purity and Identity in Ancient Judaism offers new methods for carefully integrating the New Testament, Qumran literature, and early rabbinic sources into a comprehensive history of purity laws from the world of the Second Temple and the Pharisees to the later rabbinic movement, allowing the reader to trace the emergence of new religious sensibilities within changing social and cultic circumstances. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Yair Furstenberg is Associate Professor of Talmud at Hebrew University, where he serves as chair of the department. Among his publications are Jewish Martyrdom in Antiquity: From the Books of Maccabees to the Babylonian Talmud and the edited volume Jewish and Christian Communal Identities in the Roman World. Table of Contents PrefaceNote on Translations and EditionsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: From Pharisees to RabbisPart One: The Varieties of Purity1. Biblical Foundations, New Conception2. Exclusive Paths to Purity from Qumran to JesusPart Two: Communal Identities3. The Purity of the Pharisees4. Outsider Impurity and the Forms of Judean Sectarianism5. Inclusion and MarginalizationPart Three: Tradition and Invention6. Changing Social Contexts7. The End of PurityEpilogue: The Rabbinic Movement within Shifting Religious CulturesNotesBibliographyIndex Review "In a masterful, erudite, and lucidly written study, Yair Furstenberg explores the development of perceptions and practices of ritual purity from the Second Temple Period to the Rabbinic era as prisms through which fundamental issues of identity and community were negotiated during this tumultuous time. The book expertly and convincingly demonstrates the value of careful textual inquiry for the construction of a social history, as it uncovers the multiple and rich layers of ideas, concerns, and cultural and religious challenges that are hidden in one of the most fascinating sets of texts from Jewish antiquity."—Mira Balberg, author of Purity, Body, and Self in Early Rabbinic Literature Details ISBN0253067723 Author Sara Tova Brody Pages 304 Publisher Indiana University Press Series Olamot Humanities and Social Sciences Year 2023 Translator Sara Tova Brody ISBN-13 9780253067722 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-11-07 Imprint Indiana University Press Subtitle From the Temple to the Mishnah Country of Publication United States Translated from Hebrew AU Release Date 2023-11-07 NZ Release Date 2023-11-07 US Release Date 2023-11-07 UK Release Date 2023-11-07 Place of Publication Bloomington, IN Audience Professional & Vocational ISBN-10 0253067723 DEWEY 296.742 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159563185;

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