Purity, Body, and Self in Early Rabbinic Literature

S Mira Balberg

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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. From Sources of Impurity to Circles of Impurity 2. Subjecting the Body 3. Objects That Matter 4. On Corpses and Persons 5. The Duality of Gentile Bodies 6. The Pure Self Epilogue: Recomposing Purity and Meaning Notes Bibliography Index

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