@Book{1738201074, editor="Frevel, Christian and Nihan, Christophe", title="Purity and the forming of religious traditions in the ancient Mediterranean world and ancient Judaism", series="Dynamics in the history of religions volume 3", year="2013", publisher="Brill", address="Leiden", keywords="Rites and ceremonies; Purity, Ritual; Judaism; Archaeology and religion; Aufsatzsammlung; Reinheit; Judentum; Fr{\"u}hjudentum; Rituale; Religionsgeschichte; RELIGION / Reference; Mediterranean Region; Religion; Mittelmeerraum; Purity, RitualMediterranean RegionJudaismHistory of doctrines; Purity, RitualMediterranean RegionHistory of doctrinesEarly church, ca. 30-600", abstract="Preliminary Material -- Introduction /Christian Frevel and Christophe Nihan -- Purity in Ancient Mesopotamia: The Paleo-Babylonian and Neo-Assyrian Periods /Micha{\"e}l Guichard and Lionel Marti -- Conceptions of Purity in Egyptian Religion /Joachim Friedrich Quack -- Concepts of Purity in Anatolian Religions /Manfred Hutter -- Aspects of Purity in the Phoenician World /Hans-Peter Mathys -- Purity and Pollution in Ancient Zoroastrianism /Albert F. de Jong -- The Concept of Purity in Greek Sacred Laws /Noel Robertson -- Concepts of Purity in Ancient Greece, with Particular Emphasis on Sacred Sites /Linda-Marie G{\"u}nther -- Greek and Comparatist Reflexions on Food Prohibitions /Philippe Borgeaud -- Sacral Purity and Social Order in Ancient Rome /Bernhard Linke -- Forms and Functions of Purity in Leviticus /Christophe Nihan -- Purity Conceptions in the Book of Numbers in Context /Christian Frevel -- Purity Conceptions in Deuteronomy /Udo R{\"u}tersw{\"o}rden -- The System of Holiness in Ezekiel's Vision of the New Temple (Ezek 40--48) /Michael Konkel -- The Relevance of Purity in Second Temple Judaism according to Ezra-Nehemiah /Benedikt Rausche -- Purity Concepts in Jewish Traditions of the Hellenistic Period /Beate Ego -- The Evolution of Purity at Qumran /Ian Werrett -- Purity Conceptions in the Dead Sea Scrolls: `Ritual-Physical' and `Moral' Purity in a Diachronic Perspective /Gudrun Holtz -- Pure Stone: Archaeological Evidence for Jewish Purity Practices in Late Second Temple Judaism (Miqwa'ot and Stone Vessels) /J{\"u}rgen K. Zangenberg -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Sources -- Index of Subjects and Terms.", note="edited by Christian Frevel and Christophe Nihan", note="Includes bibliographical references and indexes", isbn="9789004232297", doi="10.1163/9789004232297", url="https://brill.com/view/title/21888", url="https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004232297", language="English" }