Purity in Ancient Judaism

Texts, Contexts, and Concepts
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-16-159329-1
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, 435 Seiten, Leinen, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 788 g

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

Reinheit ist im antiken Judentum zentral, in der Begegnung mit dem Heiligen, etwa am Jerusalemer Tempel, aber auch in der Gemeinschaft von Qumran. Doch auch in der Diaspora war Reinheit von Bedeutung. Dieser Band bietet neueste Forschungen zu Texten, materiellen Befunden und Konzepten.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Doering, Lutz

Frey, Jörg

von Bartenwerffer, Laura

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religion des alten Ägyptens
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Laura von Bartenwerffer/Lutz Doering/Jörg Frey: Purity in Ancient Judaism. An Introduction - Christophe Nihan/Julia Rhyder: Purity and Pollution in the Hebrew Bible. The State of the Discussion and Future Perspectives - Yitzhaq Feder: Reconstructing the Holy Camp. Qumran and the Evolution of Purity in Ancient Judaism - Roland Deines: Archaeological Finds as Evidence for Everyday Purity Practice in the Hellenistic-Roman Period in Judea and Galilee - Joseph Scales: The Limits of Evidence. The Miqveh as an Indicator of Jewish Purity Practices in Second-Temple Period Galilee - Carsten Claußen: Purity Observance and Ancient Synagogues. Ancient Jewish Water Installations in the Diaspora - Andrej Petrovic: Inner Purity, Ritual Purity, Conscience. Perspective of the Greek Ritual Norms (on LSCG 139) - Thomas Kazen: Purity as Popular Practice. Erasing the Anachronistic Divide between
Household and Cult - Cecilia Wassén: Purity, Impurity, and In-Between - Michael DeVries: Purity and Cult in the Qumran War Texts. A Reconsideration - Ruben A. Bu¨hner: Purity and Messianism. Some Observations and Surprises Based on the Contrast Between the Messianic Expectations in Pss. Sol. 17 and the Dead Sea Scrolls - Yair Furstenberg: Principles of Gradual Purification in Qumran Law - Laura von Bartenwerffer: First Day Ablutions in Qumran and Philo - Michael B. Cover: Symbolic Purity and the Temple of the Soul in Philo's Allegorical Commentary - Milena Hasselmann: "Be separate said the Lord and I will receive you". 2 Cor 6:14-7:1 as an Example of the Connection of Purity and Identity in the New Testament - Christina Eschner: Purity and Impurity of Food and People in Acts 10:1-11:18. Is the Abolition of Jewish Food Laws at the Center of the Cornelian Narrative?

Über Autor(innen)

Doering, Lutz
Born 1966; 1998 Dr. theol.; 2013 habil.; 2004-09 Lecturer in New Testament, King's College London; 2009-14 Reader in New Testament and Ancient Judaism, Durham University; Professor of New Testament and Ancient Judaism and Director of the Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum at the University of Münster, Germany.

Frey, Jörg
Geboren 1962; 1996 Promotion; 1998 Habilitation; 2024 Dr. h. c.; Professor für Neues Testament an der Theologischen und Religionswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universitat Zürich und Research Fellow an der University of the Free State, Bloemfontein.

Lutz Doering (Herausgegeben von)
Born 1966; 1998 Dr. theol.; 2013 habil.; 2004-09 Lecturer in New Testament, King's College London; 2009-14 Reader in New Testament and Ancient Judaism, Durham University; Professor of New Testament and Ancient Judaism and Director of the Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum at the University of Münster, Germany.

Jörg Frey (Herausgegeben von)
Geboren 1962; 1996 Promotion; 1998 Habilitation; 2024 Dr. h. c.; Professor für Neues Testament an der Theologischen und Religionswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universitat Zürich und Research Fellow an der University of the Free State, Bloemfontein.

Lutz Doering (Herausgegeben von)
Born 1966; 1998 Dr. theol.; 2013 habil.; 2004-09 Lecturer in New Testament, King's College London; 2009-14 Reader in New Testament and Ancient Judaism, Durham University; Professor of New Testament and Ancient Judaism and Director of the Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum at the University of Münster, Germany.

Jörg Frey (Herausgegeben von)
Born 1962; 1996 doctorate; 1998 habilitation; 2024 Dr. h. c.; Professor of New Testament at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of the University of Zurich. Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein.