The Dual Strategy of Rabbinic Purity Legislation

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" The Dual Strategy of Rabbinic Purity Legislation "
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Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1074787
Doc. No	:	LA118416
Call No	:	‭10.1163/157006308X297750‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Vered Noam
Title & Author	:	The Dual Strategy of Rabbinic Purity Legislation [Article]\ Vered Noam
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal for the Study of Judaism
Date	:	2008
Volume/ Issue Number	:	39/4-5
Page No	:	471–512
Abstract	:	An examination of Tannaic sources uncovers a dual strategy regarding the bounds of non-priestly purity. On the one hand, it was common during the period of the Second Temple and thereafter to exercise extreme caution in keeping impurity away even from the profane. On the other hand, however, the sages acted overtly to maintain a clear distinction between the theoretical-biblical concept of ritual impurity, which was steadily limited to the sacred, and the much more stringent customs they lived by. The article argues that, contrary to what has been accepted in the literature, there never existed any disagreement on this issue in the rabbinic world.
Descriptor	:	EXEGESIS
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	HALAKHAH
Descriptor	:	IMPURITY
Descriptor	:	Jewish Studies
Descriptor	:	MIDRASH
Descriptor	:	PURITY
Descriptor	:	RABBINICS
Descriptor	:	SECOND TEMPLE
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/157006308X297750‬