Impurity and Sin in Ancient Judaism (2000 Klawans), book

Impurity and Sin in Ancient Judaism (2000) is a book by Jonathan Klawans.

Abstract

"This book examines the ways in which two distinct biblical conceptions of impurity-"ritual" and "moral"-were interpreted in the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, rabbinic literature, and the New Testament. In examining the evolution of ancient Jewish attitudes towards sin and defilement, Klawans sheds light on a fascinating but previously neglected topic."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2000 and in Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Reprinted in New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2004; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Table of contents

• Part I: Ritual and Moral Impurity in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism
  • Introduction
  • 1. Ritual and Moral Impurity in the Hebrew Bible
  • 2. Moral Impurity in the Second Temple Period
• Part II: Ritual and Moral Impurity in Ancient Jewish Literature
• Introduction
  • 3. Impurity and Sin in the Literature of Qumran
  • 4. Ritual Impurity and Sin in Tannaitic Literature
  • 5. Siluk Ha-Shekhinah: Sin, Defilement, and the Departure of the Divine Presence
    • Excursus 1: Gentiles and Gentile Lands
  • 6. Ritual and Moral Impurity in the New Testament
• Summary and Conclusion