Archaeology, Purity and Society: Some Methodological Reflections

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Archaeology, Purity and Society: Some Methodological Reflections
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RAC/not checked/14/01/2024

Reference type
Author(s)
Regev, Eyal
Year
2023
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Atiqot
Volume
113
Pages
97-113
Work type
Label
15/01/2024
Abstract

This article examines the assumptions and methodology underlying the correlation between stepped pools and stone vessels and purity laws and practices. It focuses on the way these are interpreted in light of Second Temple period and early rabbinic texts. The article further introduces more complex understandings of the emergence of ritual baths in the Hasmonean period as an expression of Jewish ethnic identity, and the flourishing of ritual baths and stone vessels in the first century CE, as an indication of social individualism.

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Special issue of Atiqot: The Archaeology of Purity