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The Concept of Purity at Qumran and in the Letters of Paul (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series)

By Michael Newton

Book information

Year
2005
ISBN
0521020581, 9780511555022, 9780521265836, 9780521020589
Open Library ID
OL7713728M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5594433 bytes)
Pages
184\181
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This examination of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Letters of Paul finds that, in both these bodies of literature, religious self-understanding is expressed in terms of the concept of purity so important to primitive religion and earlier Judaism. Dr Newton contradicts the view held by most scholars that the traditional Jewish attitude to purity had no place in Christianity. By using the concept of purity not unlike that at Qumran or of Pharisaic and Rabbinic Judaism, Paul could elucidate his views on, among other things, the nature of the Church, the divine presence, the basis of ethical behaviour and the significance of the death of Jesus.

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