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Purity Ideology in Ezra-Nehemiah as a Tool to Reconstitute the Community

In: Journal for the Study of Judaism
Author:
Saul Olyan
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Online Publication Date:
01 Jan 2004
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Abstract

Responding to recent treatments of purity and impurity in Ezra-Nehemiah by J. Klawans and C. Hayes, the author argues that Ezra-Nehemiah's purity ideology is innovative and distinct, drawing upon a variety of precedents from both the "moral" and "ritual" impurity traditions. The purity ideology of Ezra-Nehemiah functions as one of several significant tools used to reconfigure the Judean community through the redefinition of who is a Judean and the expulsion of those classed as aliens. The author explores the rhetoric of purity and pollution in Ezra-Nehemiah from the perspective of the work in its final form and that of the text's hypothetical sources.

Title:
Purity Ideology in Ezra-Nehemiah as a Tool to Reconstitute the Community
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/157006304772913050
Language:
English
Pages:
1–16
In:
Journal for the Study of Judaism
In:
Volume 35: Issue 1
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1570-0631
Print ISSN:
0047-2212
Subjects:
General, Jewish Studies, Ancient Judaism, Biblical Studies, General, Religion in Antiquity, Religious Studies

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