Author

Publication

1999 - Cambridge University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

57,750 words, Guess

Page Count

231 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL374200M
  • ISBN-100521495407
  • OCLC Control Number39523074
  • Library of Congress Control Number98035975
  • Goodreads925563
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  • LibraryThing2665683

Classifications

  • DDC296.7
  • LCCBM702 .M33 1999

Description

"This book describes in detail the ritual purity system of the Hebrew Bible, and its development into the system of the rabbis. 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."--BOOK JACKET.

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