{"product_id":"purity-and-identity-in-ancient-judaism-from-the-temple-to-the-mishnah-paperback","title":"Purity and Identity in Ancient Judaism: From the Temple to the Mishnah - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYair Furstenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSara Tova Brody\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe concern for purity was the cornerstone of the religious culture of ancient Judaism. \u003ci\u003ePurity and Identity in Ancient Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e explores how this concern shaped the worldview of Jews during the Second Temple period as well as their daily practices and social relations. It examines how different groups offered competing visions and methods for living a life of purity, which embodied a promise for personal and cosmic salvation and at the same time determined the degree of sectarian separation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePurity and Identity in Ancient Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive description of the world of purity among the Jews of the Second Temple period in general and within the tradition of the Pharisees in particular. Yair Furstenberg explores the language of purity that provided Jews in antiquity a powerful tool for organizing legal, social, and ideological boundaries, and its study is therefore pertinent for understanding the powers that shaped the varieties of Second Temple Judaism and their later offshoots: Early Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePurity and Identity in Ancient Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e offers new methods for carefully integrating the New Testament, Qumran literature, and early rabbinic sources into a comprehensive history of purity laws from the world of the Second Temple and the Pharisees to the later rabbinic movement, allowing the reader to trace the emergence of new religious sensibilities within changing social and cultic circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYair Furstenberg is Associate Professor of Talmud at Hebrew University, where he serves as chair of the department. Among his publications are \u003ci\u003eJewish Martyrdom in Antiquity: From the Books of Maccabees to the Babylonian Talmud\u003c\/i\u003e and the edited volume \u003ci\u003eJewish and Christian Communal Identities in the Roman World.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 286\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51988358922541,"sku":"9780253067722","price":50.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/EfgCd99rmn9780253067722.webp?v=1776210623","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/purity-and-identity-in-ancient-judaism-from-the-temple-to-the-mishnah-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}