This work provides those involved in water purification research and administration with a comprehensive resources of methods for analyzing water …
This book provides a look at purity language within the ''Epistle of James'', arguing against restricting the meaning of purity …
Ancient Jewish sacrifice has long been misunderstood. Some find in sacrifice the key to the mysterious and violent origins of …
Innumerable studies have appeared in recent decades about practically every aspect of women's lives in Western societies. The few such …
Recent decades have witnessed numerous studies of the role of purity in early Judaism, from ancient Israel to the rabbinic …
In this pioneering book, Virginia Smith combines archeology, psychology, biology, and sociology to reveal how and why standards of cleanliness …
This examination of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Letters of Paul finds that, in both these bodies of literature, …
Against Purity confronts the difficulties that white Western feminism has in balancing issues of gender with other forms of difference, …