{"product_id":"ritual-and-morality-the-ritual-purity-system-and-its-place-in-judaism-paperback-9780521093651","title":"Ritual and Morality; The Ritual Purity System and its Place in Judaism (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521093651","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRitual and Morality\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Ritual Purity System and its Place in Judaism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClear explanation of non-dietary ritual purity laws of the Hebrew Bible; intelligible to non-specialist readers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHyam Maccoby (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521093651, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 January 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e244 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.4 cm, 0.32 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: 'This concise, tightly-argued volume … makes important contributions to contemporary discussions of the motivations and significance of both the biblical and the rabbinic ritual purity systems.'  Christine Hayes, The Jewish Quarterly Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The sources of impurity: the human corpse\u003cbr\u003e 2. The corpse in the tent: an excursus\u003cbr\u003e 3. The sources of impurity: menstruation\u003cbr\u003e 4. The sources of impurity: childbirth, the Zab and Zabah\u003cbr\u003e 5. Normal emissions\u003cbr\u003e 6. Animals and purity\u003cbr\u003e 7. Impurity and sacrifices\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Red Cow: part one\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Red Cow: part two\u003cbr\u003e 10. Leprosy\u003cbr\u003e 11. The purification of the leper\u003cbr\u003e 12. Corpse and leper: an excursus\u003cbr\u003e 13. Ritual purity in the New Testament\u003cbr\u003e 14. Milgrom on purity in the Bible\u003cbr\u003e 15. From demons to ethics\u003cbr\u003e 16. Ritual purity and morality\u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Judaism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Judaism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Judaism%20%5BHRJ%5D%22\"\u003eHRJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001036198168,"sku":"9780521093651","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521093651i_6737a0bf-a37e-419c-8c20-a9bbb7bd6e2b.jpg?v=1694970517","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ritual-and-morality-the-ritual-purity-system-and-its-place-in-judaism-paperback-9780521093651","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}