Purity and the Forming of Religious Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean World and Ancient Judaism: 3 (Dynamics in the History of Religion, 3) - Tapa dura

"Purity and the Forming of Religious Traditions is must reading for anyone who works on ritual purity and the tabernacle/temple apparatus in ancient Judaism."
Matthew Thiessen Saint Louis University, The Enoch Seminar Online (2014)

"The volume remains an excellent synthesis of the evidence for purity's formation, development, and exchange in the ancient Mediterranean and any scholar considering the study of purity in ancient religions would be wise to consult it."
Jason R. Price, University of California, Religion 44:1

Focusing on concepts, practices and images associated with purity in the ancient Mediterranean, this volume contributes new aspects to the current discussion about the forming of religious traditions, from a comparative perspective that acknowldges individual developments, mutual exchanges, as well as transcultural processes.