Ritual and Morality. The Ritual Purity System and its Place in Judaism

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 13
1. The sources of impurity: the human corpse......Page 15
2. The corpse in the tent: an excursus......Page 27
3. The sources of impurity: menstruation......Page 44
4. The sources of impurity: childbirth the “zabah“ and „zab“......Page 61
5. Normal emission of semen......Page 72
6. Animals and purity......Page 81
7. Impurity and sacrifices......Page 95
8. The Red Cow: the paradoxes......Page 108
9. The Red Cow and 'niddah......Page 119
10. Leprosy......Page 132
11. The purification of the leper......Page 144
12. Corpse and leper: an excursus......Page 155
13. Ritual purity in the New Testament......Page 163
14. Milgrom on purity in the Bible......Page 179
15. From demons to ethics......Page 196
16. Ritual purity and morality......Page 207
Appendix A The 'haberim‘......Page 223
Appendix B The rabbinic system of grades of impurity......Page 228
References......Page 230
Index of Quotations......Page 235
General Index......Page 240