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The book describes in detail the ritual purity system of the Hebrew Bible, and its development into the system of the rabbis. Certain human conditions require purification before contact is made with holy foods or areas. Recent scholarly theories (Milgrom, Neusner, Douglas) are discussed, and new theories are proposed for the origin of the Red Cow and Scapegoat rites. It is argued that the impurities concerned all derive from the human cycle of generation, birth and death, from which the Sanctuary is to be guarded; not because it needs protection from demonic powers (as in other ancient purity systems), but because of the reverence due to the divine presence. While the priestly code of holiness displays traces of earlier conceptions, its ritual has lost urgent salvific force, and has become a protocol for the Temple and a dedicatory code for a priestly people; the sources distinguish it from universal morality.

296*51 --- Purity, Ritual --- -Purity, Ritual --- -Rabbinical literature --- -296*51 Joodse liturgie --- Joodse liturgie --- Hebrew literature --- Jewish literature --- Ceremonial purity --- Clean and unclean --- Cleanliness, Ritual --- Purity, Ceremonial --- Ritual purity --- Rites and ceremonies --- Judaism --- -History of doctrines --- Biblical teaching --- History and criticism --- Rabbinical literature --- Pureté rituelle --- Littérature rabbinique --- History of doctrines --- History and criticism. --- Judaïsme --- Histoire des doctrines --- Enseignement biblique --- Histoire et critique --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- 296*51 Joodse liturgie --- Judaism&delete& --- Kitāb-i Va-yīgrā (Book of the Old Testament) --- Lāviyān (Book of the Old Testament) --- Leviticus (Book of the Old Testament) --- Lewigi (Book of the Old Testament) --- Newigi (Book of the Old Testament) --- Ṿa-yiḳra --- Ṿayiḳra (Book of the Old Testament) --- Vayikro --- Purity [Ritual ] --- Bible. Leviticus --- Criticism, interpretation, etc --- Arts and Humanities --- Religion --- History of doctrines. --- Biblical teaching.

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In the Western imagination Judas Iscariot has always been the archetypal traitor - whether in legend, art of literature. The name "Judas" stands for the paradigm of evil ready to undermine good from within. In this book, Hyam Maccoby explores the character and story of Judas Iscariot in order to disentangle the historical from the fictitious, and to assess the power as well as the purpose of the myth of Judas the betrayer. Maccoby traces the development of the myth from the Gospels themselves - where a bare idea of the Betrayer changes from Gospel to Gospel growing into a burgeoning saga: to the Middle Ages when a full-blown Judas-saga developed; and finally to the deadly part played by the figure of Judas Iscariot in modern anti-semitic post-Christian movements.

Antisemitism --- Judas Iscariot.

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A study of myths linked to the ancient ritual practice of human sacrifice, and especially to the position in that ritual of the person who actually performs the sacrifice on behalf of the community. In regard to antisemitism, see ch. 11 (p. 134-146), "The Role of the Jews in the New Testament"; ch. 12 (p. 147-162); and ch. 13 (p. 163-175), "The Sacred Executioner in the Modern World" (this chapter focuses on antisemitic stereotypes of the Jew, including the Jew as usurer, the legend of the Wandering Jew, the Jew as Antichrist).

Sacrifice --- Ritual --- Mythology --- Guilt --- Christianity and other religions --- Judaism --- Religious aspects --- Relations --- Christianity --- Human sacrifice

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Antisemitism --- Gnosticism --- Hellenism --- Judaism --- Lord's Supper --- Mysteries, Religious --- History --- History --- History --- Paul,